Court Opinion

ID: 7774477
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 20:59:21.08811+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:40:48.633647
License: Public Domain

I concur in affirming the trial court's denial of Officer Greene's motions for a judgment as a matter of law and in distinguishing this case from Montgomery v. City of Montgomery,732 So.2d 305 (Ala.Civ.App. 1999). However, although I agree that the ratio of compensatory damages to punitive damages is not excessive, I believe that the comparison must be made between the amount of compensatory damages and the amount of punitive damages awarded by the jury, not between the compensatory-damages award and the punitive-damages award after either award has been reduced by the amount of the pro *Page 1118 
tanto settlement. See Reliable Mech., Inc. v. Integrated Constr.Servs., Inc., 781 So.2d 207, 208 (Ala. 2000) (See, J., dissenting from the denial of rehearing).