Ex Parte Leverton
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
Petitioner, John B. Leverton, filed his petition for a writ of prohibition to be issued to Jefferson County Circuit Judge Josh Mullins to prevent Judge Mullins from executing his December 18, 1987, order requiring the petitioner to make his expert available for deposition in Jefferson County, Alabama. We find that the petition is due to be denied.
This petition concerns a medical malpractice action, which arose from the following facts:
Leverton was injured at work while lifting a heavy drum in June 1978. He was diagnosed by his doctor — Dr. Cibulski — as having suffered a double hernia. Dr.…
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