JONES, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment based on a jury verdict awarding Robert Eskridge $1,138.98 in compensatory damages and $62,500 in punitive damages against City Bank of Alabama (now Bank of Alabama) and Guy Sutterer for fraud regarding Eskridge's withdrawal of a certificate of deposit (CD).
In January 1984, Robert Eskridge purchased a three-year CD for $44,000 from City Bank; he concurrently opened a checking account at the bank, to which...
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