ODOM BY AND THROUGH ODOM v. Blackburn

Plaintiff Michael Brian Odom, a minor, by and through his mother and next friend, Melanie Lynn Odom, appeals from a summary judgment in favor of defendants L.M. Blackburn and Pamela Blackburn in this action to recover damages under Ala. Code 1975, § 6-5-71, for the death of Brian D. Odom, the plaintiff's father. We affirm.

On June 27, 1987, Brian D. Odom was struck by an automobile and killed on a road in Escambia County. The plaintiff filed suit on October 13, 1988, alleging that the defendants, who owned and operated Blackburn's Club, Inc. ("the Club"), a combination package store and bar,…