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Ala. Code § 6-5-480 (2026)

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This article may be cited and known as the “Alabama Medical Liability Act.”

(Acts 1975, No. 513, p. 148, §1.)

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Cited in 107 cases (22 in the last 5 years), 1981–2025 · leading case: O'Rear v. B.H., 69 So. 3d 106 (Ala. 2011).
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O'Rear v. B.H., 69 So. 3d 106 (Ala. 2011). · cites it 8× “'s claims are encompassed within the Alabama Medical Liability Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 6-5-480 et seq. and § 6-5-540 et seq.”
Christian Lewis v. Sheila D. Moore, 886 F.3d 1058 (11th Cir. 2018). · cites it 2× “The Alabama Medical Liability Act (AMLA), Ala. Code § 6-5-480 et seq. and § 6-5-540 et seq.”
M.C. v. Tallassee Rehab., P.C., 201 So. 3d 525 (Ala. 2015). · cites it 4× “One of Vanderwall’s objections was that interrogatories 9 and 10 were inappropriate because, Vanderwall asserted, the Alabama Medical Liability Act, § 6-5-480 et seq. and § 6-5-540 et seq., Ala.”
Crosslin v. Health Care Auth. of Huntsville, 5 So. 3d 1193 (Ala. 2008). · cites it 4× “Code 1975, a part of the Alabama Medical Liability Act, Ala.Code 1975, §§ 6-5-480 to -488 ("the AMLA").”
Thompson v. Patton, 6 So. 3d 1129 (Ala. 2008). · cites it 4× “Patton and the Clinic, alleging wrongful death under the Alabama Medical Liability Act, § 6-5-480 et seq. and § 6-5-541 et seq., Ala.”
George H. Lanier Mem'l Hosp. v. Andrews, 901 So. 2d 714 (Ala. 2004). · cites it 4× “Specifically, the defendants argue that the Alabama Medical Liability Act, Ala.Code 1975, §§ 6-5-480 to -488, as supplemented by Ala.”
Taylor v. Smith, 892 So. 2d 887 (Ala. 2004). · cites it 2× “Smith contends that the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1975, Ala.Code 1975, §§ 6-5-480 to -488, and the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987, Ala.”
Tucker v. Nichols, 431 So. 2d 1263 (Ala. 1983). · cites it 2× “Act of September 17, 1953, No. 766, 1953 Ala.”
Avnet v. Altapointe Health Sys., Inc. (Ex parte Altapointe Health Sys., Inc.), 249 So. 3d 1108 (Ala. 2017). · cites it 4× “With regard to the request for its insurance limits and information regarding prior claims, Altapointe contended that the discovery was barred by provisions of the Alabama Medical Liability Act, § 6-5-480 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, and § 6-5-540 et seq.”
Bain v. Colbert Cnty. Nw. Alabama Health Care Auth., 233 So. 3d 945 (Ala. 2017). · cites it 2× ““To prevail in a medical-malpractice action under the Alabama Medical Liability Act CAMLA’), § 6-5-480 et seq. and § 6-5-541 et seq., Ala.”
Mobile Infirmary Med. Ctr. v. Hodgen, 884 So. 2d 801 (Ala. 2003). “On January 29, 2001, Hodgen sued Mobile Infirmary in the Mobile Circuit Court under the Alabama Medical Liability Act, § 6-5-480 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (hereinafter referred to as the "AMLA").”
Madison Cnty. v. Evanston Ins. Co., 340 F. Supp. 3d 1232 (N.D. Ala. 2018). · cites it 2× “( Ala. Code §§ 6-5-480 , et seq. ). Count III alleges ACH, its supervisors, and its employees negligently breached its duty to follow the reasonable care standard in their medical treatment of Foster.”
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