Showers v. Health Care Authority of Huntsville

HARWOOD, Justice.

Mattie Showers, the plaintiff in a wrongful-death action, seeks a writ of mandamus compelling Judge E. Dwight Fay (1) to set aside a summary judgment entered for the defendant Dr. Robbie Dudley, M.D., and to reconsider Dr. Dudley’s summary-judgment motion in light of evidence submitted in opposition by the plaintiff; or (2), in the alternative, to certify the summary judgment as final, under Rule 54(b), Ala. R. Civ. P. (and therefore appealable), or to provide the statement required by Rule 5, Ala. R.App. P., to allow her to seek a *279permissive appeal.1 The petition for the…