Black Belt Wood Co., Inc. v. Sessions

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• a case in which the \apportionment of damages\ issue was not properly before this Court on return after a Hammond v. City of Gadsden , 493 So.2d 1374 (Ala. 1986), remand
• purpose of the Wrongful Death Act is \punishment based on the quality of the wrong\ and \degree of culpability\
• $3,500,000 award affirmed in wrongful-death action arising from log falling off log truck
• “The purpose of Alabama's wrongful death statute, of course, has been twofold: (1) punishment based on the quality of the wrong, and (2) punishment based upon the wrong or degree of culpability”
• describing the \long-standing rule\ of nonapportionment in wrongful-death actions

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