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HOOD v. SLAPPEY

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601 So.2d 981 (1992)

Jimmie Ruth HOOD v. Dr. Donald F. SLAPPEY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 24, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Robertson IV of Henslee, Bradley & Robertson, P.C., Gadsden, for appellant.

W. Stanley Rodgers and M. Ann Wagner of Lanier, Ford, Shaver & Payne, P.C., Huntsville, for appellee.

KENNEDY, Justice.

The plaintiff, Jimmie Ruth Hood, appeals from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of the defendant, Dr. Donald F. Slappey.

The issues in this medical malpractice case are whether the trial court erred in giving certain charges to the jury and whether the defendant's expert witness was a "similarly situated health care provider."

Hood was first examined by Dr. Slappey on June 13, 1985. Hood's doctor had referred her to Dr....

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