Health Maintenance Group v. Rutledge

This is a breach of contract action.

On February 5, 1981 Lynneice Taylor Rutledge filed suit against Health Maintenance Group of Birmingham (HMG) to recover expenses incurred when her son, Paris, received surgery and treatment at Children's Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.

A jury trial was held on July 25, 1983. At the close of plaintiff's case, HMG filed a motion for a directed verdict and reasserted its motion for directed verdict at the close of all the evidence in the case. The trial court denied both motions and refused to grant any of HMG's requested jury instructions.

The jury returned a…