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Alabama Supreme Court Reverses Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants In MS Misdiagnosis Case

March 29, 2026

On July 6, 2020, the Keisters filed their Alabama medical malpractice lawsuit against Neurology Consultants and Dr. Kar, alleging that they had “negligently caused, or negligently allowed Plaintiff, Rebecca Ann Keister, to go without proper and necessary evaluation, analysis, testing, treatmen[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Holds Claim That Inmate’s Organs Removed Without Authority Filed Too Late

March 25, 2026

As alleged by the family: Charles Edward Singleton died on November 2, 2021, at Regional One Health in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was receiving medical treatment for quite some time. Prior to being transferred to Regional One Health, DecedentSingleton (AIS: 291370) was incarcerated by the ADOC and[...]

$50M Alabama Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict

March 16, 2026

The decedent, Dan Haas, experienced severe pain between his shoulder blades and had shortness of breath after he returned home from a hunting trip on December 24, 2020. Because his symptoms did not get better, he telephoned his cardiologist, John M. Galla, M.D., of Cardiology Associates, the next da[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Employer Of Former Medical Malpractice Defendant

February 3, 2026

Plaintiff Leonard L. Hixon underwent surgery to have a mass removed from the right side of his face. Although Hixonapparently began experiencing complications, including facial paralysis, soon after that surgery, it was not until two years later on December 2, 2024, that Hixon filed his Alabama medi[...]

Federal Appellate Court Discusses Elements And Necessary Proof For Section 1983 Deliberate Indifference Claim

January 14, 2026

2 U.S.C. § 1983 imposes liability on “every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State,” violates “any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution.” The U.S. Supreme Court has held municipalities and other local government[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Rules Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Waited Too Long To Amend Her Complaint

December 26, 2025

On August 24, 2016, Jeff Segrest, M.D. performed a vein-ablation procedure on Sandra Phillips’s right leg. Thereafter, Phillips developed an infection in her upper right thigh, and she was treated by Dr. Steven M. Taylor. Dr. Taylor first examined Phillips on September 21, 2016, and subsequent[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Rules Medical Malpractice Case Filed Too Late

October 13, 2025

On October 22, 2024, Arlene and Daniel Morgan filed an Alabama medical malpractice lawsuit pursuant to the AlabamaMedical Liability Act (“the AMLA”), § 6-5-480 et seq. and § 6-5-540 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, claiming that Arlene was prescribed Plaquenil, a drug that poses a risk of reti[...]

$6M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Following Gallbladder Surgery

November 19, 2024

After a six-day medical malpractice wrongful death trial and less than one hour of jury deliberations, the family of a 71-year-old woman who died after gallbladder surgery in September 2017 received a verdict in the amount of $6 million against the partner of the surgeon had performed her gallbladde[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Holds Wrongful Death of A Minor Act Applies To Frozen Embryos

February 21, 2024

The Supreme Court of Alabama held in its February 16, 2024 opinion: “This Court has long held that unborn children are “children” for purposes of Alabama’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, § 6-5-391, Ala. Code 1975, a statute that allows parents of a deceased child to recover [...]

Alabama Supreme Court Affirms $10M Punitive Damages In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

October 19, 2023

The Supreme Court of Alabama, in its opinion released on August 4, 2023 in a medical malpractice wrongful death case in which the jury awarded punitive damages in the amount of $35 million that was subsequently reduced by the trial court to $10 million, stated: “In sum, given the degree of rep[...]

Alabama Federal Court Allows Filshie Clip Migration Claims To Proceed Against CooperSurgical And Femcare

June 14, 2023

Filshie Clip Migration Claims Proceed Against CooperSurgical And Femcare: Filshie Clips are silicone-lined titanium medical devices that are attached to a woman’s fallopian tubes during a tubal ligation procedure. The clips work by exerting continuous pressure on the fallopian tubes, eventually bl[...]

$15M Alabama Jury Verdict For Death of 8-Year-Old With Sickle Cell Disease In Foster Care

November 9, 2022

$15M Verdict For Death of 8-Year-Old In Foster Care: On August 5, 2022, an Alabama jury returned its verdict in the amount of $15 million against a social worker employed by the Alabama Department of Human Resources and a foster care provider for their alleged negligence in the death of an 8-year-ol[...]

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