McDaniel v. Birmingham News Company

MERRILL, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment granting a motion for a new trial. The plaintiff recovered a judgment for $15,000 on a complaint charging invasion of the right of privacy in Count One and libel in Count Two.

The trial court granted the motion solely upon the grounds charging that the verdict was excessive.

The sole question presented to us is whether the granting of the motion for new trial on the ground of excessiveness of the verdict was error to reverse.

When reviewing the trial court’s action in granting a new trial on the ground of excessiveness of the…