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SPRINGHILL HOSPITALS, INC. v. LARRIMORE

1051748.

5 So.3d 513 (2008)

SPRINGHILL HOSPITALS, INC., d/b/a Springhill Memorial Hospital v. Sharon LARRIMORE, as administratrix of the estate of Luther Shelton Larrimore, deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing September 19, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip H. Partridge and Bryan D. Smith of Partridge, Smith, P.C., Mobile, for appellant.

Toby D. Brown, George W. Finkbohner III, and David G. Wirtes, Jr., of Cunningham, Bounds, Crowder, Brown & Breedlove, LLC, Mobile, for appellee.

Paul v. Lagarde and Robert B. McGinley, Jr., of Alford, Clausen & McDonald, LLC, Mobile, for amicus curiae Alabama Hospital Association, in support of the appellant.

SEE, Justice.

Sharon Larrimore, as administratrix of the estate of her husband, Luther Shelton Larrimore ("the estate"), sued Springhill Hospitals, Inc., d/b/a Springhill Memorial Hospital ("SMH"), among others, alleging wrongful death resulting, at least in part, from the negligence of SMH's pharmacist, H. Gregory Weeks. The jury returned a general verdict in favor of the estate for $4 million in punitive damages. We hold that the learned-intermediary doctrine cuts...

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