Andrews v. Alabama Eye Bank

Steven Andrews and Cynthia Shealey appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendants, Alabama Eye Bank ("Eye Bank") and Paul Cau. We affirm.

The plaintiffs' 11-year-old son died at George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital following an asthma attack. Shortly after his death, a nurse at the hospital asked the mother if she would be willing to donate her son's corneas. The mother says she told the nurse that it did not matter to her. The hospital thereupon contacted the Eye Bank and left a message with the Eye Bank's answering service concerning a potential donor. Cau, an employee of…