# Sci Alabama Funeral Services, Inc. v. Beauchamp

> Supreme Court of Alabama · May 21, 2004 · 893 So. 2d 352

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7773134

## Case

- **Full name:** Sci Alabama Funeral Services, Inc., D/B/A Ridout's-Brown Service Chapels v. Nell Beauchamp, Individually and as of the Estate of Minnie Rae Cauthen, Deceased and Myrtice Srygley.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Alabama
- **Decided:** May 21, 2004
- **Citations:** 893 So. 2d 352; 2004 Ala. LEXIS 130; 2004 WL 1126229
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by See
- **Judges:** Johnstone, Houston, Lyons, Brown, Harwood, Woodall, Stuart, See
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

SEE, Justice
(concurring in part and dissenting in part).
I concur in affirming the judgment of the trial court as to the negligence and the wantonness claims of the plaintiffs, Nell Beauchamp and Myrtice Srygley, and as to the amount of the compensatory damages awarded them. However, I dissent from the affirmance of the trial court’s holding that the conduct of the defendant, SCI Alabama Funeral Services, Inc., satisfies the elements of the tort of outrage. I also dissent from the affirmance of the punitive-damages award, which I consider to be excessive.

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