Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Mutual Savings Life Insurance Company
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 22, 1998No. 1970424PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On June 27, 1996, Alsie Smith obtained a $625 judgment against Mutual Savings Life Insurance Company ("Mutual Savings"). Because Mutual Savings was satisfied with this result, it did not file a post-judgment motion. However, on July 25, 1996, within 30 days of the entry of the judgment, Smith moved for a new trial, pursuant to Rule 59(a), Ala.R.Civ.P., arguing that the damages award was inadequate in light of the evidence she had presented at trial. Mutual Savings filed a response in opposition to the new trial motion; after a hearing, the trial court granted Smith's motion on September 23,…
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- Pace v. JordanCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1977
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