BRACKIN v. TRIMMIER LAW FIRM

1021005 and 1021593.

897 So.2d 207 (2004)

Karen BRACKIN v. TRIMMIER LAW FIRM, Alabama Credit Union League, and Jo Lynn Rutledge. Family Security Credit Union v. Karen Brackin.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing September 10, 2004.

Order Overruling Rehearing Applications and Statement of Nonrecusal September 10, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Baddley, Jr., and Jeffrey P. Mauro of Baddley & Mauro, LLC, Birmingham; and Terry L. Butts of Cervera, Ralph & Butts, Troy, for appellant/cross-appellee Karen Brackin.

James N. Nolan and Anu M. Brady of Walston, Wells, Anderson & Bains, LLP, Birmingham, for appellant Family Security Credit Union, and appellees Alabama Credit Union League and Jo Lynn Rutledge.

Ronald G. Davenport and R. Austin Huffaker, Jr., of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., Montgomery, for appellee Trimmier Law Firm.

William H. Pryor, Jr., atty. gen., Nathan A. Forrester, deputy attorney. gen., and Scott L. Rouse, asst. atty. gen., for amicus curiae State of Alabama, in support of the appellant Family Security Credit Union.

Lee H. Copeland and Mitchel H. Boles of Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A., Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Bankers Association, in support of the appellant Family Security Credit Union.

James N. Nolan, Anu M. Brady, and Kary Bryant Wolfe of Walston, Wells, Anderson & Baines, LLP, Birmingham, for appellant Family Security Credit Union and appellees Alabama Credit Union League and Joy Lynn Rutledge, on applications for rehearing.

Lee H. Copeland and Mitchel H. Boles of Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A., Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Bankers Association, in opposition to Karen Brackin's recusal motion, on applications for rehearing.


STUART, Justice.

In case no. 1021005, Karen Brackin appeals from judgments entered in favor of the Trimmier Law Firm, Alabama Credit Union League, and Jo Lynn Rutledge. We affirm those judgments.

In case no. 1021593, Family Security Credit Union ("FSCU") appeals from a judgment entered in favor of Brackin, a former FSCU employee. After a jury trial, a Morgan County jury awarded Brackin $800,000 in compensatory damages and $200,000 in punitive damages on her...

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