TIMMERMAN v. FITTS

86-318.

514 So.2d 907 (1987)

Judy TIMMERMAN v. Floyd O. FITTS, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 11, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shay Samples of Hogan, Smith, Alspaugh, Samples & Pratt, Birmingham, for appellant.

Robert B. Harwood, Jr., of Rosen, Harwood, Cook & Sledge, Tuscaloosa, for appellees.


SHORES, Justice.

This is a medical malpractice case. The issue before us on appeal is whether the trial court erred in directing verdicts in favor of the defendants. We reverse.

The underlying facts in this case are virtually undisputed. On February 6, 1984, Richard W. Stuhr, M.D., performed a bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy on the plaintiff, Judy Timmerman.1 The surgery involved making a half-moon incision in the front of Ms...

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