Legal Opinion · Dissent

Morris v. Morris

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided August 30, 2013No. 2110741Published

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…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  2. Birmingham Ry. Light & Power Co. v. MooreSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
  3. Maring-Crawford Motor Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  4. City of Dothan v. HardySupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
  5. International Agri. Cor. v. AbercrombieSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913

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