Ex Parte Jordan

William Jordan sued Granny's Tender Loving Day Care and Carol Hamm, seeking damages under Ala. Code 1975, § 6-5-391, for the alleged wrongful death of his four-year-old son, Roberto, who drowned on a field trip while under the care and supervision of the day care center. The Honorable James H. Faulkner, a retired Justice of this Court serving as a judge of the Shelby County Circuit Court, later refused to allow Mr. Jordan's wife, Darlene Theresa Jordan, to join Mr. Jordan as a plaintiff in the action. The Jordans, who at all times relevant to this case have lawfully lived together as husband…