Legal Opinion
Tatum v. Schering Corp.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 18, 1988No. 86-536-CERPublished
1Opinion of the Court
523 So.2d 1042 (1988)
Elma TATUM, as administrator of the Estate of Dixie V. Tatum, deceased
v.
SCHERING CORPORATION.
86-536-CER.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
March 18, 1988.
Frank M. Wilson of Beasley, Wilson, Traeger, Allen, and Mendelsohn, Montgomery, for appellant.
Jean-Pierre Garnier, Falls Church, Va., and Stanley A. Cash of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, Birmingham, for appellee.
MADDOX, Justice.
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama has certified these questions:
"1. Given that only punitive damages are recoverable in an Alabama wrongful death suit and that punitive…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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- Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Hammond v. City of GadsdenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1986
- Holytz v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
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