Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-5-552 (2026)
Application.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
This article applies to all actions against health care providers based on acts or omissions accruing after June 11, 1987, and as to such causes of action, shall supersede any inconsistent provision of law.
(Acts 1987, No. 87-189, p. 261, §13.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1988–2025 · leading case: Ex Parte Wilson, 854 So. 2d 1106 (Ala. 2002).
Ex Parte Wilson, 854 So. 2d 1106 (Ala. 2002). “" § 6-5-552, Ala.Code 1975. The text of § 6-5-546 clearly requires that in a wrongful-death action where the malpractice is alleged to have occurred in more than one county, "the action must be brought" in the county wherein the plaintiff's decedent resided at the time of the…”
Ex Parte Anderson, 789 So. 2d 190 (Ala. 2000). “) By the terms of § 6-5-552, Ala.Code 1975, the Medical Liability Act applies to "all actions against health care providers based on acts or omissions accruing [sic] after June 11, 1987.”
Brillant v. Royal, 582 So. 2d 512 (Ala. 1991). “[2] This cause of action accrued before the effective date of the Medical Liability Act of 1987, see Ala.Code 1975, § 6-5-552, so it was not tried under that Act.”
Mashner v. Pennington, 729 So. 2d 262 (Ala. 1998). “However, those actions not yet filed were to be subject to the Act if the injury accrued after June 11, 1987, Ala.Code 1975, § 6-5-552. Accordingly, we reverse the order holding that the Alabama Medical Liability Act did not apply to Mr.”
Univ. of Alabama Health Servs. Found., P.C. v. Bush, 638 So. 2d 794 (Ala. 1994). “Section 6-5-552. Thus, the “similarly situated health care providers” standard mandated by § 6-5-548 does not apply.”
Ex parte Steven M. Taylor, M.D. PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS (In re: Sandra Phillips v. Shelby Baptist Med. Ctr. & Steven M. Taylor, M.D.) (Shelby Circuit Court: CV-18-900652). (Ala. 2025). “See Ala. Code 1975, § 6-5-552. While this Court has stated that amendments pursuant to Rule 15(a) are to be freely allowed when made more than 42 days before the first trial setting, such amendments may be disallowed by the court on its own motion or upon a motion to strike by…”
Ex Parte Huntsville Hosp., 540 So. 2d 1344 (Ala. 1988). “' Code, 1975, § 6-5-552. It is not disputed that this cause of action accrued before June 11, 1987, but was not filed until after June 11, 1987.”
McCullar v. Winston Cnty. Chiropractic Clinic, 805 So. 2d 675 (Ala. 2001). “Section 6-5-546 states: “In any action for injury or damages or wrongful death whether in contract or in tort against a health care provider based on a breach of the standard of care, the action must be brought in the county wherein the act or omission constituting the alleged…”
Wilson v. Anesthesiology of Selma, P.A., 854 So. 2d 1106 (Ala. 2002). “” § 6-5-552, Ala.Code 1975. The text of § 6-5-546 clearly requires that in a wrongful-death action where the malpractice is alleged to have occurred in more than one county, “the action must be brought” in the county wherein the plaintiffs decedent resided at the time of the act…”
Univ. Of Ala. Health Servs. v. Bush, 638 So. 2d 794 (Ala. 1994). “Section 6-5-552. Thus, the "similarly situated health care providers" standard mandated by § 6-5-548 does not apply.”
Erica Rae Fox v. Harold V. Hughston III & Sheila Morgan (Ala. 2023). “, the legislature included § 13 (codified at § 6-5-552), a provision similar to § 6-5-581: 'This article applies to all actions against health care providers based on acts or omissions accruing [occurring?] after June 11, 1987.”
Douglas Ghee, as Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Billy Fleming v. USAble Mut. Ins. Co. d/b/a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas & Blue Advantage Administrators of Arkansas. (Ala. 2023). “See § 6-5-552, Ala. Code 1975 (explaining that the AMLA 57 1200485 "applies to all actions against health care providers based on acts or omissions accruing after June 11, 1987 .”
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