Mainor v. Hayneville Telephone Co.

Myrtle Mainor sued Hayneville Telephone Company and Heather Wood, seeking to recover compensatory damages based on harm she claims to have incurred in an automobile accident. She also sought punitive damages. In her complaint, Mainor alleged that Wood, individually and as an agent for Hayneville Telephone, had negligently or wantonly caused an automobile accident and that Hayneville Telephone had negligently entrusted its automobile to Wood. A jury returned a verdict in favor of Wood and Hayneville Telephone, and the trial court entered a judgment on that verdict. Mainor appealed to the…