The reports of death investigations conducted by the county coroner or by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, or true copies thereof duly certified by the county coroner or the director of the department, respectively, are admissible in any court in the county with or without testimony by the county coroner or Department of Forensic Sciences' officials. However, any person preparing a report given in evidence under this part may be summoned as a witness in any civil or criminal case by either party to the case.
Ala. Code § 45-2-61.11 (1975)