Legal Opinion

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. Hammett

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 29, 1962No. 6 Div. 389PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by a defendant, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, an unincorporated association, from a judgment rendered against it on the verdict of a jury in an action for compensatory and punitive damages. Plaintiff alleged that “ * * * as a proximate consequence of the willful, malicious and wrongful interference with his right to earn a living, he was caused to lose his employment * * * ” and the earnings he would have received, and that he suffered other damage proximately resulting from such interference with his employment.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Corona Coal Co. v. HendonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  2. Pappa v. BonnerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958
  3. Evans v. SwaimSupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
  4. Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Company v. HarrisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Phillips v. Amoco Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
  2. Garrett v. Raytheon Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1979
  3. Street v. City of AnnistonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1980
  4. Sanderson v. Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  5. Spain v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2003

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