# Greene v. Byrd

> Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · October 10, 2003 · 897 So. 2d 1107

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7774477

## Case

- **Full name:** John Greene v. Julian Augustus Byrd.
- **Court:** Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
- **Decided:** October 10, 2003
- **Citations:** 897 So. 2d 1107; 2003 Ala. Civ. App. LEXIS 764; 2003 WL 22319463
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Crawley
- **Judges:** Yates, Crawley, Thompson, Pittman, Murdock
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

CRAWLEY, Judge,
concurring in part and concurring in the result in part.
I concur in affirming the trial court’s denial of Officer Greene’s motions for a judgment as a matter of law and in distinguishing this case from Montgomery v. City of Montgomery, 732 So.2d 305 (Ala.Civ.App.1999). However, although I agree that the ratio of compensatory damages to punitive damages is not excessive, I believe that the comparison must be made between the amount .of compensatory damages and the amóirní ¡$f punitive damages awarded by the jury, not between the compensatory-damages award and the punitive-damages award after either award has been reduced by the amount of the pro *1118 tanto settlement. See Reliable Mech., Inc. v. Integrated Constr. Servs., Inc., 781 So.2d 207, 208 (Ala.2000) (See, J., dissenting from the denial of rehearing).

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