Hospital Systems, Inc. v. Hill Rom, Inc.

JONES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Hill Rom, Inc., and the Health Care Authority of Athens and Limestone County (“Hospital”), in a suit for injunctive relief filed by Hospital Systems, Inc. (“HSI”). We affirm.

In August 1987, the Hospital invited bids for the alteration and expansion of its facility in Athens, Alabama. HSI and Hill Rom, manufacturers of patient headwall systems,1 were both listed as “acceptable bidders” by the architectural firm retained by the Hospital for this renovation. This same architectural firm prepared the…