Ex parte Bio-Medical Applications of Alabama, Inc.

(dissenting),

I agree with the main opinion that § 43-2-843(17), Ala.Code 1975, does not authorize a personal representative to delegate to another person the authority to bring a wrongful-death action, I also agree that, having concluded that the wrongful-death action brought by William Corey Howard (“Corey”) in this case is a nullity under this Court’s holding in Ex parte Hubbard Properties, Inc., 205 So.3d 1211 (Ala.2016), the Court acts appropriately to address the issue of the applicability of § 43-2-843(17) in the manner that it does.

As regards the latter point, it was not on the basis…