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CITY OF BIRMINGHAM v. MAJOR

1070944.

9 So.3d 470 (2008)

The CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, a municipal corporation v. Eric L. MAJOR.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 21, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Cooper, city atty., and Thomas Bentley III, asst. city atty., City of Birmingham Law Department, for appellant.

Stewart Springer of Springer Law Firm, LLC, Birmingham, for appellee.

SEE, Justice.

The City of Birmingham ("the City") appeals from the Jefferson Circuit Court's denial of the City's postjudgment motion for a judgment as a matter of law in the underlying civil-rights action against it. The trial court refused to set aside the judgment it entered on a jury verdict awarding Eric L. Major $500,000 in compensatory damages on Major's civil-rights action against the City brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We reverse the trial court...

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