Flippo v. Pope

LYONS, Justice.

Brandy Lynn Pope was injured on November 29, 1997, when an automobile in which she was a passenger collided with *84another automobile. Nathan Flippo was driving the automobile in which Pope was riding. Eric Exum was driving another vehicle in the area at the time of the collision; Pope alleges that Exum caused the accident. At the time of the accident, Pope was a minor. Her father, Michael Cline, filed an action on Pope’s behalf pursuant to Rule 17(c), Ala. R. Civ. P., styled “Michael Cline, on behalf of himself and as father and next friend of Brandy Lynn Pope, a minor, v.…