Ex parte John Kirchner, M.D., and Southlake Orthopaedics Sports Medicine and Spine Center, P.C. PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (In re: Joyce Pates v. Community Health Systems, Inc.; Affinity Hospital, LLC, d/b/a Grandview Medical Center; John Kirchner, M.D.; and Southlake Orthopaedics Sports Medicine and Spine Center, P.C.) (Jefferson Circuit Court: CV-23-900513).

Rel: March 7, 2025 Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Alabama Appellate Courts, 300 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104-3741 ((334) 229-0650), of any typographical or other errors, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is printed in Southern Reporter. SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA OCTOBER TERM, 2024-2025 _________________________ SC-2024-0174 __________________________ Ex parte Affinity Hospital, LLC, d/b/a Grandview Medical Center; and…