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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1330 Breach of Contract

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, SOUTHERN DIVISION

ASD SPECIALTY HEALTHCARE, )

INC., doing business as )

Oncology Supply Company, )

)

Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 1:05cv592-MHT

) (WO) 

ROBERT G. HICKES and )

ROBERT G. HICKES, )

M.D., P.C., )

)

Defendants. )

OPINION

This cause is before the court on a motion for

summary judgment filed by plaintiff ASD Specialty

Healthcare. Rule 56(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure provides that summary judgment is appropriate

when “there is no genuine issue of material fact and ...

the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of

law.” The evidence before the court is undisputed by

defendant Robert G. Hickes, and is as follows. 

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Hickes, a physician, contracted with ASD to purchase

pharmaceutical and other goods at various times. ASD

sold and delivered these goods, but did not receive

payment for goods purchased on credit. ASD filed a

complaint against Hickes asserting claims of breach of

contract, breach of account stated, claim for open book

account, and unjust enrichment.

ASD has offered evidence in the form of Hickes’s

responses to ASD’s requests for admission, in which

Hickes acknowledges that he breached the terms of his

agreement with ASD and that he owes ASD an outstanding

principal balance of $ 177,253.77. ASD also claims

interest on this principal sum at the rate of 6 % per

annum, pursuant to 1975 Alabama Code § 8-8-1, from April

16, 2005, through the date of judgment.

1975 Alabama Code § 8-8-1 sets the maximum interest

rate, where none is contractually specified, at 6 % per

annum. 1975 Alabama Code § 8-8-10 provides that interest

accrues from the date of the cause of action. For the

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purposes of this litigation, ASD has stipulated that

interest should be calculated from April 16, 2005, the

date that the last outstanding invoice to Hickes became

due, and has agreed to forgo interest on previous

outstanding invoices that became due before that date.

See memorandum of law in support of plaintiff’s motion

for summary judgment (Doc. No. 18), pp. 9-10, n. 3. 

Because this is the only evidence before the court,

and because this evidence is not opposed by Hickes, who

has filed no response to the motion for summary judgment,

the court finds that there is no genuine issue of

material fact, and ASD’s motion for summary judgment is

due to be granted.

The claims against the other defendant, Robert G.

Hickes, M.D., P.C., remain pending.

 An appropriate judgment will be entered. 

DONE, this the 23rd day of February, 2006.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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