Case ID: so2d_777/html/0159-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Beverly SPENCER v. Almeta WHITSON.
    2990669.
    Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.
    Sept. 15, 2000.
    Kenneth D. Davis of Zeanah, Hust, Summerford, Davis & Williamson, Tuscaloosa, for appellant.
    Booker T. Forte, Jr., Tuscaloosa, for appellee.
   MONROE, Judge.

AFFIRMED. NO OPINION.

See Rule 53(a)(1) and (a)(2)(F), Ala. R.App.P.; Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Bowers, 752 So.2d 1201 (Ala.1999); Gresham v. Schlumberger Indus., Inc., 656 So.2d 347 (Ala.1995); K.S. v. Carr, 618 So.2d 707 (Ala.1993); and Johnson v. Martin, 423 So.2d 868 (Ala.Civ.App.1982).

The appellees request for an attorney fee on appeal is denied.

ROBERTSON, P.J., and YATES and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.

CRAWLEY, J., dissents.

CRAWLEY, Judge,

dissenting.

Because I believe the trial court erred by submitting to the jury the plaintiffs claim for damages for mental anguish, I dissent. Even viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to Whitson, I can find no evidence indicating that the conversion was attended with words or acts of insult or contumely. When a party presents no evidence to support her claims, the trial court should enter a judgment as a matter of law for the adverse party. See Johnson v. Life Ins. Co. of Alabama, 581 So.2d 438, 440 (Ala.1991).