McLeod v. Cannon Oil Corp.

The plaintiff, S.M. McLeod (Deon McLeod's father), appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for defendant Cannon Oil Corporation in an action brought under the Civil Damages Act, Alabama Code 1975, § 6-5-70, which provides a cause of action for the illegal sale of alcoholic beverages to minors. He also appeals from a judgment entered after a verdict was returned by the jury for defendant Brent Emmett Head in a wrongful death action emanating from the same accident. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The record reflects that on July 15, 1989, Deon McLeod and several of his male…