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NORFOLK SOUTHERN RY. CO. INC. v. GIDEON

1940766.

676 So.2d 310 (1996)

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, INC. v. Gloria GIDEON and Bobby Gideon.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schuyler H. Richardson of Bell Richardson, P.A., Huntsville, for Appellant.

Herman Watson, Jr. and Charles H. Pullen of Watson, Fees & Jimmerson, P.C., Huntsville, Lelia H. Watson and Charles R. Crowder of Cory, Watson, Crowder & Petway, Birmingham, for Appellees.

INGRAM, Justice.

Gloria Gideon and Bobby Gideon sued Norfolk Southern Railway Company for the wrongful death of their son, Jamal Gideon. A jury awarded the Gideons punitive damages in the amount of $500,000. The trial court overruled Norfolk Southern's motion for a new trial. Norfolk Southern appeals from a judgment based on that verdict.

Norfolk Southern first contends that the trial court erred by denying its motion for a new trial based on the trial court...

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