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POWELL v. MULLINS

84-173.

479 So.2d 1119 (1985)

Christine POWELL v. Julius MULLINS, M.D.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 1, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.A. Marsal of Seale, Marsal & Seale and Irvin J. Langford of Howell, Johnston & Langford, Mobile, for appellant.

W. Boyd Reeves and Edward A. Dean of Armbrecht, Jackson, DeMouy, Crowe, Holmes & Reeves, Mobile, for appellee.

BEATTY, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Christine Powell, from a judgment in favor of the defendant, Julius Mullins, M.D., based upon a directed verdict entered at the close of the plaintiff's evidence in a medical malpractice case. It is undisputed that the defendant left an 18-inch-square surgical lap sponge inside the plaintiff when closing the abdominal incision necessary for the cesarean delivery of the...

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