Legal Opinion

Lawson v. Moore

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 31, 2008No. 1070634PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Justice.

Cherrie Lawson appeals from a judgment as a matter of law entered against her in an action she filed against William H. Moore, Jr., M.D., and Whittington, Moore & Kouri, P.C. (collectively referred to as “the Moore defendants”). We reverse and remand.

Facts and Procedural History

On December 27, 2003, Lawson went to the emergency room of Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery with complaints of pain in her abdomen and pelvic area. Dr. Henry Kurusz, an emergency-room physician, examined Lawson and ordered that she undergo several tests, including a pregnancy test and an…

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