Alabama Power Company v. Cleckler

MADDOX, Justice.

The only issue presented on this appeal involves the irregularity of a jury verdict.

When the jury foreman announced the verdict to the court, in this negligence action, he stated it as “$45,000.” On the verdict form, however, the amount was shown as “$4,500.”

The jury concluded its deliberations at 9:50 a. m., when the foreman read the verdict as $45,000. The jury was .requested to remain in the courtroom so they could be qualified in another case. One member was excused for the remainder of the day. The trial judge discovered, within twenty minutes, the inconsistency between…