Ex Parte Ramsay

This Court has granted two petitions for certiorari review of two respective judgments of the Court of Civil Appeals affirming two respective summary judgments entered by the trial court on distinct contract claims in the same civil action. We affirm.

The parties are the "Hospital,"1 its "Auxiliary,"2 and Dr. Steve Ramsay. An important entity, not a party, is the "Clinic,"3 which supplied physicians to the Hospital. The Hospital, its Auxiliary, and the Clinic, which at all pertinent times have cooperated with each other, are located in Grove Hill.

The Auxiliary sued Dr. Ramsay in contract for…