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ALABAMA POWER CO. v. FOSTER

88-611.

555 So.2d 174 (1989)

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY v. Sadie FOSTER.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Dwight Sloan of Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, and Carroll H. Sullivan and Edward G. Bowron of Clark, Scott & Sullivan, Mobile, for appellant.

Timothy M. Grogan, Mobile, and Patrick D. McArdle, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

HOUSTON, Justice.

Sadie Foster suffered electrical burns during the course of her employment as a welder at a shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. She sued Alabama Power Company ("APCo"), alleging that its negligence had proximately caused her injuries. A jury found for Ms. Foster and awarded her $1,000,000 in damages. The trial court entered a judgment on the jury's verdict and later denied APCo's motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, in the alternative...

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