Florence v. Kinder-Care Learning Centers, Inc.

HOUSTON, Justice.

A jury returned a verdict for the defendant, Kinder-Care Learning Centers, Inc. (“Kinder-Care”), in a personal injury suit brought by Ricky Florence and Angelina Florence, individually and as next friends of their minor daughter, Candace Renee Florence. The Florences appeal from the trial court’s refusal to grant a new trial based on the grounds that the jury’s verdict was “contrary to the evidence or against the great weight of the evidence.” We affirm.

In Jawad v. Granade, 497 So.2d 471 (Ala.1986), this Court rejected the following dicta in Cobb v. Malone, 92 Ala. 630, 635,…