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A panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal overturned a circuit judge’s decision to grant summary judgment in a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged he suffered hip fractures while unconscious in the hospital.
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Attorney General Ashley Moody's office and abortion opponents are urging justices to consider another part of the state constitution that they say could apply to proposed ballot amendment.
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A judge had ruled the state had the authority to enter settlements with the pharmaceutical industry that trumped lawsuits pursued by the hospital districts and school boards.
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Alabama lawmakers rushed to protect in vitro fertilization services after fertility clinics shut down in the wake of a ruling that frozen embryos are children under the state wrongful death law.
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A Florida bill that would allow people to file wrongful death lawsuits over the death of an "unborn child" was recently been pulled by its Republican sponsor.
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Justices, citing anti-abortion language in the Alabama Constitution, ruled that an 1872 state law allowing parents to sue over the death of a minor child "applies to all unborn children, regardless of their location."
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A restructuring of the Medicare drug benefit has wiped out big drug bills for people who need expensive medicines. But the legal battle over drug negotiations means uncertainty over long-term savings.
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The request comes after a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by a minor seeking a waiver from a parental notification and consent requirement in state law.
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State lawyers say voters won't realize just how far the amendment will expand access to the procedure. Justices seemed to think voters will clearly see that it would keep the state from restricting most abortions.