Court Opinion

ID: 9936002
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 18:57:11.044264+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:30:06.139792
License: Public Domain

In Duck Head Apparel Co. v. Hoots, 659 So.2d 897, 906-08
(Ala. 1995), this Court upheld awards of $2,000,000; $1,000,000; and $500,000 for mental anguish to three men in a business fraud case. When compared to the mental anguish in Duck Head, I cannot hold that Mr. Lee's mental anguish that resulted from the unnecessary removal of his rectum resulting in the loss of rectal function and impotency and sexual dysfunction for the last eight months of his life is excessive.