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FORD MOTOR CO. v. SPERAU

1931591.

708 So.2d 111 (1997)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. Dee-Witt SPERAU and Samuel R. Foster II.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tabor R. Novak, Jr., and Clyde C. Owen, Jr., of Ball, Ball, Matthews & Novak, P.A., Montgomery; C.C. Torbert, Jr., of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, Montgomery; and Andrew L. Frey and Evan M. Tager of Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC, for Ford Motor Co.

Maston E. Martin, Jr., of Fazekas & Martin, Montgomery; John A. Taber, Fairhope; Lee H. Copeland of Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, Montgomery; and H. Lewis Gillis of Thomas, Means & Gillis, Montgomery, for Sperau et al.

On Remand from the Supreme Court of the United States

PER CURIAM.

This case is on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States. The question before us is whether the $6 million punitive damages award assessed against Ford Motor Company is excessive under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, in light of the guidelines established by the Supreme Court of the United States in BMW of North America...

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