Supreme Court of Alabama November 20, 1992, 1901862 (Williston v. Ard)

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 276 The defendant Dr. William C. Williston appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in a medical malpractice suit. In January 1986, the minor plaintiff, Amanda Lynn Ard, entered South Baldwin Hospital to undergo a routine appendectomy.