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Alabama Supreme Court Refuses To Compel Arbitration In Nursing Home Death Case

October 22, 2018

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 agreement contained in the nursing home admission documents, [...]

Alabama Supreme Court Wipes Out $20M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Rehab Hospital

October 17, 2018

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 of c[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Overturns $10M Medical Malpractice Verdict

June 7, 2018

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 of curative admissibility, were highly[...]

Federal Appellate Court Holds Alabama Medical Malpractice Law Requires Actual Injury For Informed Consent Claim

April 14, 2018

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on March 30, 2018 that Alabama law requires that there be an actual injury caused by the treatment in order for a plaintiff who claims that he did not give informed consent t[...]

$3M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Pulmonologist For Failure To Diagnose Lung Cancer

February 9, 2018

On January 22, 2018, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against the defendant pulmonologist in an Alabama medical malpractice case that alleged that the defendant negligently failed to diagnose a man’s lung cancer, which killed him after it was diagnosed too late. The Ala[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Defendants In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

December 14, 2017

The Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) narrowly affirmed summary judgment granted to the defendant hospital by the trial court in an Alabama medical malpractice wrongful death case, in its opinion filed on December 1, 2017. The Alabama Supreme Court found dispositive the [...]

Alabama Supreme Court Says Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Did Not Need Expert To Prove Cold Pack Injury

February 26, 2017

In its opinion filed on February 17, 2017, the Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) held that a medical malpractice plaintiff who alleged that she suffered injury as a result of a cold pack applied to her leg at the defendant chiropractor’s office did not need to pro[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Reinstates Wrongful Death Claim For Previable (Nonviable) Fetus

January 6, 2017

In its decision filed on December 30, 2016, the Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) held that the trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiff’s wrongful death claim based on the death of her previable (nonviable) unborn child, citing an amendment to Alabama’[...]

$375K Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Pediatrician For 3-Year-Old’s Death

December 19, 2016

An Alabama medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $375,000 against a pediatrician for her alleged medical negligence that led to the death of a 3-year-old who was under her care. The hospital where the young child died reportedly paid the Alabama medical malpractice plaintiff[...]

$16M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict For Hospital’s Misleading Natural Birth Program Marketing

August 14, 2016

On August 5, 2016, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a woman who had undergone natural childbirth at the defendant hospital but suffered serious injuries during labor and delivery. The Alabama medical malpractice jury took about ten hours to deliberate after a two-[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal Of Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Too Late

July 19, 2016

In its opinion filed on July 8, 2016, the Supreme Court of Alabama (“Alabama Supreme Court”) affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff’s Alabama medical malpractice lawsuit because the plaintiff would be unable to prove any set of facts to support his claim that his legal injury occu[...]

$20M Alabama Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Rehab Hospital For Opiate Death

May 31, 2016

On May 18, 2016, an Alabama medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $20 million against a rehabilitation hospital that allegedly overdosed a patient with opiates, despite indicators that the patient was allergic to opiates, which ultimately resulted in her death at home fo[...]

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