Opinion ID: 1808855
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Appropriateness of Punitive-Damages Award

Text: Similarly, Slack argues that the record is devoid of any evidence of intentional, willful, or wanton conduct on his part upon which to base an award of punitive damages. However, in making this argument Slack fails to cite any controlling precedent or authority in support of his argument, thus failing to meet the requirements of Rule 28(a)(10), Ala. R.App. R. Regarding compliance with Rule 28, this Court recently stated: We note that waiver of an argument for failure to comply with Rule 28(a)(10), Ala. R.App. P., has been limited to those cases where there is no argument presented in the brief and there are few, if any, citations to relevant legal authority, resulting in an argument consisting of undelineated general propositions. See Jimmy Day Plumbing & Heating, Inc. v. Smith, 964 So.2d 1 (Ala.2007)(appellant's argument was insufficient to invoke review of the allegedly excessive compensatory-damages award to plaintiff/appellee in a personal-injury action where the appellant's three-sentence argument cited only a single case in support of a general proposition of law and offered no discussion of the nature and extent of the plaintiff's injuries); Davis v. Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc., 965 So.2d 1076 (Ala.2007) (appellant's lone citation to a general principle of law without specific relevance to her action against financial services company was insufficient to meet the requirements of Rule 28(a)(10) to cite relevant authority in support of arguments); Hall v. Hall, 903 So.2d 78 (Ala.2004) (the appellant cited no authority for the proposition that the checking account should have been included as an asset of the estate and presented no argument and cited no authority to support his conclusion that the ore tenus rule did not require an affirmance on this issue); and Ex parte Gonzalez, 686 So.2d 204 (Ala.1996) (petitioner did not show a clear legal right to having capital-murder indictment quashed on the ground that the district attorney testified as a witness in front of the grand jury when the petitioner cited only a federal district court case that was not binding authority and that was distinguishable). Ex parte Borden, [Ms. 1050042, August 17, 2007] ___ So.2d ___, ___ (Ala.2007) (footnote omitted). Because Slack fails to meet the requirements of Rule 28(a)(10), we do not address the merits of Slack's argument regarding the punitive-damages award.