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ALABAMA POWER CO. v. ALDRIDGE

1010969.

854 So.2d 554 (2002)

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY v. Kevin ALDRIDGE.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory C. Cook, Lisa J. Sharp, and Charles A. Burkhart of Balch & Bingham, L.L.P., Birmingham, for appellant.

Tony S. Hebson, Christy Jackson, and P. Douglas Smith, Jr., of Hebson, Liddon & Slate Southlaw, P.C., Birmingham, for appellee.

K. Claire White of Ferguson, Frost & Dodson, L.L.P., Birmingham; and Joana S. Ellis of Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, P.C., Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.

Charles F. Carr and Joseph H. Driver of Carr, Allison, Pugh, Howard, Oliver & Sisson, P.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Alabama Self-Insurers Association, in support of the appellant.

I. Ripon Britton, Jr., and E. Shane Black of Hand Arendall, L.L.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Business Council of Alabama.

David M. Wilson and Irene E. Blomenkamp of Wilson & Berryhill, P.C., Birmingham, for amicus curiae Alabama General Contractors Self-Insurers Fund, Alabama Branch, in support of the appellant.

LYONS, Justice.

Kevin Aldridge sued Alabama Power Company ("APCo"), alleging that APCo discharged him in retaliation for his filing a claim for workers' compensation benefits. After a trial, the jury returned a $500,000 verdict in favor of Aldridge; the verdict awarded $250,000 in compensatory damages and $250,000 in punitive damages. APCo filed motions for a judgment as a matter of law ("JML") at the close of Aldridge's...

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