CARMICHAEL v. FINKEL

86-202.

508 So.2d 228 (1987)

Lynda A. CARMICHAEL v. Sheldon J. FINKEL.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Clay Alspaugh and Mark L. Rowe of Hogan, Smith, Alspaugh, Samples & Pratt, Birmingham and John T. Natter, Birmingham, for appellant.

Richard A. Ball, Jr., and Cowin Knowles of Ball, Ball, Duke & Matthews, Montgomery, for appellee.


SHORES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant, Sheldon Finkel, on the ground that the applicable statute of limitations bars Lynda Carmichael's claim for malpractice. We reverse and remand.

On March 17, 1982, Lynda Carmichael visited Dr. Finkel's office to be fitted with temporary crowns. On this occasion, Dr. Finkel's assistant stated, "Oh foot, I was supposed to be doing a cusp and a bicusp, but I'm doing two...

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