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Ala. Code § 6-5-483 (2026)

Elimination of Ad Damnum Clause in Complaints.

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The ad damnum clause in complaints alleging medical liability shall be eliminated. Such complaints, in place of a claim for specific monetary damages, shall contain instead a general claim for relief. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or restrict an attorney from requesting or suggesting a specific sum to be awarded during the trial of any medical liability case.

(Acts 1975, No. 513, p. 148, §5.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1980–2010 · leading case: Amanda Elliott v. R. Michael Cobb, 320 S.W.3d 246 (Tenn. 2010).
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Amanda Elliott v. R. Michael Cobb, 320 S.W.3d 246 (Tenn. 2010). · cites it 2× “See Ala. Code § 6-5-483 (2005) (providing that “[t]he ad damnum clause in complaints alleging medical liability shall be eliminated” but allowing attorneys to request or suggest a specific sum during trial); Alaska Stat.”
Drs. Lane, Bryant, Eubanks & Dulaney v. Otts, 412 So. 2d 254 (Ala. 1982). · cites it 2× “The Medical Malpractice Act, Code of 1975, § 6-5-483, requires the ad damnum clause to be eliminated in complaints alleging medical liability.”
Ramey v. Guyton, 394 So. 2d 2 (Ala. 1980). “Rather, in order to give § 6-5-483 constitutional validity in the context of the present case and to concur with the rationale of the earlier cases, which couple the running of the statute of limitations with the occurrence of injury, we construe this section as providing for…”
Moody v. Sanders, 620 So. 2d 28 (Ala. Civ. App. 1993). · cites it 4× “See § 6-5-483, Ala.Code 1975. It is undisputed that Sanders’s counterclaim arose out of the same transaction forming the basis of Dr.”
Dennis v. Jones, 681 So. 2d 157 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995). “We note that the legislature has specifically eliminated ad damnum clauses in complaints alleging liability under the Alabama Medical Liability Act; § 6-5-483, Ala.Code 1975. According to that section, such claims, instead of requesting specific monetary damages, shall contain a…”
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