This article may be cited and known as the “Alabama Medical Liability Act.”
Ala. Code § 6-5-480
Short Title.
Known as the Alabama Medical Liability Act
The act spans §§ 6-5-480 to 6-5-488 (9 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 830 F. Supp. 1399 - Huckaby v. East Alabama Medical Center (1993)
Most recently applied in Madison Cnty. v. Evanston Ins. Co. (September 2018)
(Acts 1975, No. 513, p. 148, §1.)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.