On February 12, 2021, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law Alabama Senate Bill 30, adding Alabama to the growing number of states that have enacted civil immunity laws benefiting health care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. In signing into… Read More
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Alabama Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Verdict Because Expert Not Qualified
The Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”), in its opinion dated January 10, 2020, overturned a verdict in favor of the Alabama medical malpractice plaintiff, finding that the plaintiff’s expert was not qualified: “Dr. Doblar did not give any… Read More
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Alabama Supreme Court Denies Discovery Regarding Prior Suicides Committed By Jumping From Hospital’s Parking Garage
The Supreme Court of Alabama has denied a husband’s request for discovery regarding prior suicides committed by patients jumping from the defendant hospital’s parking garage in the husband’s Alabama medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital for his wife’s… Read More
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Alabama Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal Of Untimely Drug Claim
The Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”), in its decision released on September 27, 2019, affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of the plaintiffs’ amended complaint that alleged that the plaintiff husband developed demyelinating polyneuropathy as a result of being… Read More
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$9M Alabama Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict Against Urgent Care Clinic
On October 11, 2019, an Alabama medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in the amount of $9 million against an urgent care clinic, finding that it breached the standard in care in treating a patient that resulted in… Read More
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Alabama Supreme Court Discusses ERISA Preemption In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case
The issue the Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) had to decide in its May 24, 2019 opinion was whether the plaintiff’s Alabama medical malpractice wrongful death claims against Blue Advantage brought pursuant to § 6-5-410, Ala. Code 1975,… Read More
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$30M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict For Gunshot Victim
Following an Alabama medical malpractice wrongful death trial that began on May 6, 2019, the jury awarded $30 million to the family of a 24-year-old gunshot victim who was transported by ambulance to the defendant hospital where he languished for… Read More
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Alabama Supreme Court Refuses To Compel Arbitration In Nursing Home Death Case
The Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on October 5, 2018 that the daughter of a resident of the defendant nursing home did not have the authority to bind her father to the arbitration… Read More
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Alabama Supreme Court Wipes Out $20M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Rehab Hospital
The Superme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) overturned the $20 million medical malpractice wrongful death verdict against the defendant rehabilitation hospital in its opinion filed on September 28, 2018, concluding that “charging the jury as to the hospital standard… Read More
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Alabama Supreme Court Overturns $10M Medical Malpractice Verdict
On May 18, 2018, the Supreme Court of Alabama overturned a $10 million medical malpractice verdict, concluding that “the facts related to the jury regarding prior acts and omissions by WBMC [the defendant hospital] were entirely irrelevant for the purpose… Read More
