BURGE v. PARKER

85-69.

510 So.2d 538 (1987)

Stephen BURGE and Montgomery Emergency Physicians, P.A. v. Ronnie PARKER, a minor, who sues By and Through his mother and next friend, Willie Mae PARKER, and Willie Mae Parker, individually.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Keene of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, Montgomery, for appellants.

Frank M. Wilson and J. Greg Allen of Beasley and Wilson, Montgomery, for appellees.


ALMON, Justice.

In this medical malpractice case, the jury awarded $445,351.00 to the minor plaintiff and $17,500.00 to his mother. The defendants take issue with the judgment entered on these verdicts on the grounds that the damages were excessive and that the plaintiffs were contributorily negligent as a matter of law.

Ronnie Parker injured his foot early on Saturday morning, April 2, 1983, while climbing across a flatcar owned by Seaboard System Railroad...

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