McMICKENS v. CALLAHAN

87-382.

533 So.2d 579 (1988)

Martha McMICKENS and Jack McMickens v. Dr. Alston CALLAHAN; and Alston Callahan, M.D., and Associates, P.A.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph E. Coleman, Birmingham, for appellants.

Edgar M. Elliott III, and Michael K. Beard of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, for appellees.


STEAGALL, Justice.

Plaintiffs Martha and Jack McMickens appeal from a summary judgment for defendants Alston Callahan (an ophthalmologist) and his professional association on their claim for medical malpractice. The sole issue on appeal is whether the McMickenses established the applicable standard of care for an ophthalmologist prescribing the drug Blephamide, either by way of deposition testimony of another ophthalmologist, Dr. Thomas Allison; deposition testimony...

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