ALABAMA POWER COMPANY v. CLECKLER

SC 1113.

323 So.2d 344 (1975)

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY, a corporation, and Norbert Wayne Swann v. Willie T. CLECKLER.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. William Gladden, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant.

Walter C. Hayden, Jr., Clanton, for appellee.


MADDOX, Justice.

The only issue presented on this appeal involves the irregularity of a jury verdict.

When the jury foreman announced the verdict to the court, in this negligence action, he stated it as "$45,000." On the verdict form, however, the amount was shown as "$4,500."

The jury concluded its deliberations at 9:50 a.m., when the foreman read the verdict as $45,000. The jury was requested to remain in the courtroom so they could be qualified...

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