GOLD KIST, INC. v. Porter

I fully concur in all portions of the main opinion except in regard to the discussion of the so-called pain exception to the schedule set out in Masterbrand Cabinets, Inc. v. Johnson, 984 So.2d 1136, 1144 (Ala.Civ.App.2005) (plurality opinion), aff'd, 984 So.2d 1146 (Ala.2007). Johnson is a plurality opinion that was authored by Judge Murdock when he was a member of this court; only Presiding Judge Crawley fully concurred in the main opinion. Plurality opinions have questionable precedential value at best. Ex parte Discount Foods, Inc., 789 So.2d 842, 845 (Ala.2001). See also Ex parte…