Clardy v. Sanders

This appeal by the defendants, from an adverse judgment based on a jury verdict in a wrongful death case, raises the following issues: Whether the trial court erred 1) in denying Clardy Realty, Inc.'s motion for directed verdict on the grounds of insufficiency of the evidence and the inapplicability of the "successor corporation liability" doctrine; 2) in denying the defendants' constitutional challenge to Alabama's punitive damages award in wrongful death cases; and 3) in rejecting the defendants' post-judgment motion for a remittitur on non-constitutional grounds. We affirm.

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