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Ex Parte Patterson

Supreme Court of Alabama
Sep 28, 1984
459 So. 2d 883 (Ala. 1984)

Opinion

83-549.

September 28, 1984.

Certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals (Civ. 4105).

Stephen J. Flynn and James F. Barter, Jr. of Diamond Flynn, Mobile, for petitioner.

James P. Green of Brown, Hudgens, Richardson, Whitfield Gillion, Mobile, for respondent.


The facts set out in the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals, 459 So.2d 881, show that the jury awarded damages in an amount less than plaintiff's special damages. See footnote 1 to the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals. Furthermore, the verdict did not include an amount sufficient to make any compensation for pain and suffering. The judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals is therefore reversed and the cause remanded on the authority of McCain v. Redman Homes, Inc., 387 So.2d 809 (Ala. 1980); Bibb v. Nelson, 379 So.2d 1254 (Ala. 1980); and Stone v. Echols, 351 So.2d 902 (Ala. 1977).

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

On remand, Ala.Civ.App., 459 So.2d 883.

TORBERT, C.J., and MADDOX, FAULKNER, SHORES, EMBRY and ADAMS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Patterson

Supreme Court of Alabama
Sep 28, 1984
459 So. 2d 883 (Ala. 1984)
Case details for

Ex Parte Patterson

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte Edna PATTERSON. (In re Edna PATTERSON v. Robert BYRD)

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Sep 28, 1984

Citations

459 So. 2d 883 (Ala. 1984)

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