Cherokee Elec. Co-Op. v. Cochran

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that death is a great harm and that Alabama can \'attempt to preserve life by making homicide expensive'\ (quoting Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Co. v. Yeldell, 274 U.S. 112, 116 (1927))
• “The determination of damages in wrongful death cases is governed by § 6-5-410, Ala.Code 1975, which authorizes punitive damages but does not authorize compensatory damages.”
• $3,000,000 award for wrongful death by electrocution affirmed
• a wrongful-death case which affirmed a $3-million judgment
• upholding a $3.5 million award

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).