Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-5-541 (2026)
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✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This article may be cited and known as “The Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987” and is intended to supplement “The Alabama Medical Liability Act,” Act No. 513 of the 1975 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature. The provisions of this article shall be construed so as to be consistent with Act No. 513 of the 1975 Regular Session of the Alabama Legislature and the legislative intent stated herein.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-189, p. 261, §2.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1997–2025 · leading case: Thompson v. Patton, 6 So. 3d 1129 (Ala. 2008).
Thompson v. Patton, 6 So. 3d 1129 (Ala. 2008). “and § 6-5-541 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (`the AMLA').”
Bain v. Colbert Cnty. Nw. Alabama Health Care Auth., 233 So. 3d 945 (Ala. 2017). “and § 6-5-541 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, a plaintiff must establish 1) the appropriate standard of care, 2) that the defendant health-care provider breached that standard of care, and 3) a proximate causal connection between the healthcare provider’s alleged breach and the…”
Ex Parte HealthSouth Corp., 851 So. 2d 33 (Ala. 2002). “See § 6-5-541, Ala.Code 1975. The 1987 act, amended in 1996 and again in 2000, codified the standards for the burden of proof in medical-malpractice actions.”
Crutcher v. Williams, 12 So. 3d 631 (Ala. 2009). “and § 6-5-541 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the AMLA”).”
CIT Commc'n Fin. Corp. v. McFadden, Lyon & Rouse, L.L.C., 37 So. 3d 114 (Ala. 2009). “§ 6-5-541(e), Ala.Code 1975. "[A]n abuse of discretion in certifying a class action may be predicated upon a showing by the party seeking to have the class-certification order set aside that `the party seeking class action certification failed to carry the burden of producing…”
Patton v. Thompson, 958 So. 2d 303 (Ala. 2006). “and § 6-5-541 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 ("the AMLA").”
Breland Ex Rel. Breland v. Rich, 69 So. 3d 803 (Ala. 2011). “and § 6-5-541 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (‘the AMLA’).”
Hayes Ex Rel. Est. of Billarreal v. Luckey, 33 F. Supp. 2d 987 (N.D. Ala. 1997). “Plaintiff contends that de *988 fendant deviated from the applicable standard of care in two respects: first, by misinterpreting her mother's X-rays, which allegedly revealed car-diomegaly with congestive heart failure and a left pleural effusion; and, second, by not placing her…”
Steven Alan Kraselsky, personel Rep. of the Est. of Marcia Kraselsky v. David Calderwood, M.D., & Huntsville Clinic, Inc., 166 So. 3d 115 (Ala. 2014). “and § 6-5-541 et seq., AkuCode 1975, a plaintiff must establish 1) the appropriate standard of care, 2) that the defendant health-care provider breached that standard of care, and 3) a proximate causal connection between the health-care provider’s alleged breach and the…”
Mosley v. Brookwood Health Servs., Inc., 24 So. 3d 430 (Ala. 2009). “and § 6-5-541 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the AMLA”).”
Baldwin Mut. Ins. Co. v. McCain, 176 So. 3d 1195 (Ala. 2015). “2004) (reversing order entered by trial court, stating that, “[o]n remand, the trial court shall schedule a hearing pursuant to § 6-5-541(d), Ala.Code 1975, and shall comply with the requirements of § 6-5-641(e), Ala.”
M.D.P. v. Houston Cnty. Health Care Auth., 821 F. Supp. 2d 1295 (M.D. Ala. 2011). “DISCUSSION This case is controlled by the provisions of the Alabama Medical Liability Act *1300 (§§ 6-5-480 through 6-5-488), as supplemented by the Alabama Medical Liability Act of 1987 (§§ 6-5-541 through 6-5-547, and 6-5-550 through 6-5-552) and the Alabama Medical Liability…”
— Ala. Code § 6-5-541(d) — 1 case
Baldwin Mut. Ins. Co. v. McCain, 176 So. 3d 1195 (Ala. 2015). “2004) (reversing order entered by trial court, stating that, “[o]n remand, the trial court shall schedule a hearing pursuant to § 6-5-541(d), Ala.Code 1975, and shall comply with the requirements of § 6-5-641(e), Ala.”
— Ala. Code § 6-5-541(e) — 1 case
CIT Commc'n Fin. Corp. v. McFadden, Lyon & Rouse, L.L.C., 37 So. 3d 114 (Ala. 2009). “§ 6-5-541(e), Ala.Code 1975. "[A]n abuse of discretion in certifying a class action may be predicated upon a showing by the party seeking to have the class-certification order set aside that `the party seeking class action certification failed to carry the burden of producing…”
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