Brooks v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.

As the majority points out this litigation arose out of an agreement to transfer a telephone answering service from one location in Broward County to another in said county. A jury awarded Southern Bell $1200 on its complaint, but also awarded Brooks1 $200,000 in compensatory damages jointly and $1,000,000 in punitive damages, $500,000 severally, against Southern Bell and Western Electric on the second amended counterclaim and third party complaint, respectively. Following the trial the late Judge L. Clayton Nance entered an order, granting the motion of Southern Bell and Western Electric for…