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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[...]

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[...]

$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[...]

Alabama Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment To United States In Medical Malpractice Claim Involving VA

December 14, 2021

In its Memorandum Opinion issued on November 4, 2021, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama entered summary judgment against the pro se plaintiff in a medical malpractice case involving his treatment at the VA. The Underlying Facts Plaintiff, Ray Anthony Fuqua (Fuqua)[...]

Lawsuit Alleges Ransomware Attack On Alabama Hospital Led To Baby’s Death

October 4, 2021

An Alabama medical malpractice lawsuit alleges that a ransomware attack on a local hospital led to the death of a baby. The lawsuit alleges: “On July 9, 2019, Springhil Memorial Hospital suffered a serious ransomware attack that blocked and encrypted the hospital’s computer systems, netw[...]

Alabama Supreme Court Overturns $100K Judgment Against Hospital For Defective Glidewire

July 15, 2021

An Alabama man (Cameron Murphy) underwent a ureteroscopy procedure to remove kidney stones. During the procedure, defendant Dr. Margaret Vareb, a board-certified urologist employed by defendant Jackson Hospital, used a glidewire to establish the correct surgical path to Murphy’s kidneys throug[...]

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