Clements v. Dr. John Alvan Stewart, P.C.

William Clements brought this action in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Alabama, under the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987, against Dr. John Alvan Stewart, P.C., and Dermatology Clinic. (Our references hereinafter will be only to Dr. Stewart as the defendant.) The plaintiff contended that:

"1) The defendant negligently failed to perform further excision of a cancerous lesion and to submit same for pathological analysis immediately following his receipt of the pathologist's report on the tissue removed at the time of the initial excision procedure;

"2) As [a] result of such negligence,…