Buchanan v. Collier

Ron Vincent Collier sued John Buchanan and Jack Newsome, alleging fraud arising out of the sale of an automobile. The jury returned a $100,000 verdict in favor of Collier, but the trial court remitted it to $50,000. Buchanan appealed from the judgment based on the jury verdict, and Collier attacked the remittitur. This Court, in Buchanan v. Collier, 555 So.2d 134 (Ala. 1989), affirmed the judgment of liability, but reversed with regard to the remittitur because the reasons for reducing the verdict were not specified. We remanded the case for a hearing in accordance with our opinion in Hammond…