Alabama Power Co. v. Goodwin

One of the chief questions presented by the assignments of error is upon the refusal of the trial judge to allow the defendant to show, — either as a defense to the wanton count, or for the pur* pose of enlightening the jury in the exercise of their discretion in the matter of awarding punitive damages under the wanton count,— that punitive damages were assessed against this defendant'in another suit by another passenger, based upon this same collision and this same alleged act of wanton negligence.

The theories upon which defendant offered this evidence are: (1) That it showed a status in the…