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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 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[...]

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[...]

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 Governor Signs Into Law Health Care Provider Coronavirus Immunity Bill

February 14, 2021

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 law the health care provider coronavirus imm[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Plaintiff’s Verdict Because Expert Not Qualified

February 22, 2020

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 testimony demonstrati[...]

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