Opinion ID: 1693754
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Heading: summary judgment inappropriate

Text: The law in this state is inveterate that motions for summary judgment must be denied if under any conceivable set of provable circumstances the plaintiff may recover under a cognizable theory of law. Harbour v. Colonial Fast Freight Lines, Inc., 336 So.2d 1100 (Ala. 1976). Holloway v. Government Emp. Ins. Co., 295 Ala. 328, 329 So.2d 529 (1976); Horton v. Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Inc., 334 So.2d 885 (Ala. 1976). A motion for summary judgment may be granted only when it is shown that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. Slovensky v. Birmingham News Co., Inc., 358 So.2d 474 (Ala.Civ.App. 1978); Fox v. Title Guaranty and Abstract Co. of Mobile, Inc., 337 So.2d 1300 (Ala. 1976); Loveless v. Graddick, 295 Ala. 142, 325 So.2d 137 (1975). The parties submitted the cause on a stipulation of facts; therefore, the question before us is whether the trial court erred in holding that under those facts the defendant was entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. The majority, applying an incorrect legal standard, concludes that summary judgment was appropriate. I disagree. JONES, SHORES and BEATTY, JJ., concur.