BATES v. MEYER

89-138.

565 So.2d 134 (1990)

Emmett S. BATES v. Dr. Richard MEYER.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Dauphin and Kearney Dee Hutsler of Baxley, Dillard & Dauphin, Birmingham, for appellant.

Robert D. Norman, Jr. of Norman, Fitzpatrick, Wood, Williams & Parker, Birmingham, for appellee.


ADAMS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment for the defendant, Dr. Richard Meyer, in a medical malpractice case. The plaintiff, Emmett S. Bates, contended that Dr. Meyer had negligently "lost" a biopsy abstracted from his wrist. We affirm.

Emmett Bates suffered from chronic pain in his right wrist and was seen by Dr. James Lipstate at the Arthritis Clinic at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Dr. Lipstate thought that his pain was caused...

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