CROWN CENT. PETROLEUM CORP. v. WILLIAMS

1950306, 1950383.

679 So.2d 651 (1996)

CROWN CENTRAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. Patricia WILLIAMS, as guardian and next friend of R.W., a minor. Patricia WILLIAMS, as guardian and next friend of R.W., a minor v. CROWN CENTRAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Anthony Davis III and Jeannie Bugg Walston of Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, for Crown Central Petroleum Corporation.

Charles M. Thompson of Thompson & Carson, Birmingham, for Patricia Williams.

David Barber, District Atty., Birmingham, for Amicus Curiae District Attorney's Office for the Tenth Judicial Circuit.

Matthew C. McDonald and A. Lynne Wiggins of Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom, L.L.C., Mobile, for Amicus Curiae Alabama Retail Association.


HOUSTON, Justice.

The defendant, Crown Central Petroleum Corporation ("Crown"), appeals from a judgment entered on a general jury verdict for the plaintiff, Patricia Williams, as guardian and next friend of her son, R.W., a minor, in this action seeking damages for false imprisonment. (Case No. 1950306.) The plaintiff cross-appeals from the trial court's order requiring a remittitur of $150,000 of the $250,000 jury award...

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