Ex Parte Triad of Alabama, LLC, D/b/a Flowers Hospital Petition for Writ of Mandamus (in Re: Voncille Askew and Don…

Summary

The court granted Triad's petition for a writ of mandamus and directed the trial court to vacate its order striking Triad's Alabama COVID-19 Immunity Act affirmative defense. It held that Triad was entitled to statutory immunity from the Askews' negligence claims because those claims arose from or were related to Coronavirus within the meaning of the Act. The court rejected efforts to narrow the statute through ejusdem generis or the rule against surplusage and did not decide immunity under the Act's separate health-care-services provision.