Mitchell v. Huntsville Hospital

ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING

The opinion released by this Court on March 27, 1992, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted as the opinion of the Court:

J. Wilson Mitchell appeals from a judgment entered, on a stipulation of facts, in favor of Huntsville Hospital. Mitchell's complaint claimed an attorney fee from a sum paid by an insurance company to Huntsville Hospital ("the Hospital"). The Hospital counterclaimed for a declaration that its hospital lien against Mitchell's client would remain in force for any amount it was required to pay Mitchell. Mitchell's client had been a patient at…