Morris v. Morris
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
1DissentThomas, Judge
I must respectfully dissent from the af-firmance of the judgment entered on the jury verdict in favor of Elizabeth Morris. The majority determines that the trial court could reject an inference that the jury used a quotient verdict because of the varied quotients on the different jury memoranda collected from the jury room. I disagree with the view that the trial court is permitted to weigh the multiple inferences that may arise from the memo-randa from the jury room in order to determine whether that memoranda raises the presumption that the jury employed the quotient process. My…
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