Court Opinion

ID: 9938331
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 19:03:00.328277+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:36:54.788088
License: Public Domain

This case is indistinguishable from Street v. City ofAnniston, 381 So.2d 26 (Ala. 1980). In Street, this Court held that under Alabama's Medical Liability Act, the statute of limitations begins to run from the time of the negligent act oromission. In Street, the act or omission was the doctor's alleged negligent diagnosis. Here, the alleged act or omission was the doctor's prescription of an alleged harmful drug. The limitations statute is constitutional because the legal injury occurs and, therefore, the cause of action accrues, at the time of the act or omission. Garrett v. Raytheon Co., 368 So.2d 516
(Ala. 1979).
TORBERT, C.J., and ALMON, J., concur.