WILLISTON v. ARD

No. 1901862.

611 So.2d 274 (1992)

Dr. William C. WILLISTON v. Annette ARD, individually and as mother and next friend of Amanda Lynn Ard, a minor.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John N. Leach, Jr. of Helmsing, Lyons, Sims & Leach, P.C., Mobile, and Samuel N. Crosby of Stone, Granade, Crosby & Blackburn, P.C., Bay Minette, for appellant.

Andrew T. Citrin, James A. Yance and Robert T. Cunningham, Jr. of Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder and Brown, Mobile, for appellee.


HOUSTON, Justice.

The defendant Dr. William C. Williston appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in a medical malpractice suit.

In January 1986, the minor plaintiff, Amanda Lynn Ard, entered South Baldwin Hospital to undergo a routine appendectomy. During the surgery, Amanda suffered irreversible brain damage, leaving her cortically blind and permanently unable to walk, talk, or care for herself. Subsequently, Amanda, by and through her mother and...

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