Ex parte Tombigbee Healthcare Auth.

MURDOCK, Justice (concurring in part and concurring in the result).

I concur in that portion of the main opinion explaining the inapplicability of the limitation on discovery of quality-assurance information under § 22-21-8, Ala. Code 1975. I strongly disagree, however, with both the main opinion and the dissent as to their conclusion that the claims against the Tombigbee Healthcare Authority d/b/a Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital ("the hospital") are governed by the Alabama Medical Liability Act, § 6-5-480 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, and § 6-5-540 et seq., Ala. Code 1975 ("the AMLA").

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