Ex Parte Wooten

I concur in the affirmance. However, I disagree with the majority's statement that this Court has long held that a person on hospital premises for the purpose of visiting a patient is an invitee. The case law cited does not support this proposition. Alabama Baptist Hospital Board v. Carter, 226 Ala. 109,145 So. 443 (1932), did not address the question whether the plaintiff was an invitee or a licensee. Baptist MedicalCenter v. Byars, 289 Ala. 713, 271 So.2d 847 (1972), had as the plaintiff a private duty nurse who had come to the hospital to attend a patient she had been hired to attend.…