Boyles ex rel. Boyles v. Dougherty

The main opinion reverses the summary judgment entered by the trial court in favor of Denise Dougherty, a registered nurse employed by University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, on the medical-malpractice claim asserted against her by Tammie L. Boyles (“Boyles”) on behalf of her minor son Colton Elijah Powell Boyles (“Eli”). I agree with the trial court that Boyles failed to identify an expert capable of testifying that Dougherty’s alleged breach of the standard of care probably caused the identified injury to Eli and that summary judgment was accordingly proper on that basis. I therefore…