Legal Opinion
Altapointe Health Systems, Inc. v. Mobile County Probate Court
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 20, 2013No. 1111199PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Chief Justice.
AltaPointe Health Systems, Inc. (“AHS”), appeals from an order entered by Judge Don Davis of the Mobile County Probate Court denying its petition for an award of expert-witness fees in civil-commitment proceedings. This case presents a matter of first impression: Whether a publicly funded organization is entitled to expert-witness fees for an employee who gives expert testimony at involuntary civil-commitment hearings.
I. Facts and Procedural History
The board of directors of AHS, the community mental-health agency for Mobile *1000County and Washington County, is appointed by…
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