Legal Opinion

Breland v. Ford

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 7, 1997No. 1931653PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

693 So.2d 393 (1996)

James BRELAND

v.

Gene Kelvin FORD.

1931653.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 3, 1996.

Opinion Overruling Rehearing Application February 7, 1997.

Jack M. Curtis, Department of Public Safety Legal Unit, Montgomery, for appellant.

Ronald O. Gaiser, Jr. of Gaiser and Associates, Birmingham, J.L. Chestnut, Jr. of Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders, & Pettaway, P.C., Selma, Robert H. Turner, Marion, for appellee.

COOK, Justice.

James Breland, an Alabama State Trooper, appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding $2,000,000 in compensatory damages to Gene Kelvin Ford in Ford's action…

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2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Turner v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Barnes v. DaleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
  4. Roan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  5. State ex rel. Saunders v. KohnkeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  4. Looney v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
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