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Ala. Code § 6-11-30 (2026)

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This article shall not affect the rights of any person if such rights accrued prior to June 11, 1987.

(Acts 1987, No. 87-185, p. 251, §12.)

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Cited in 7 cases, 1989–2015 · leading case: Cent. Alabama Elec. Co-Op. v. Tapley, 546 So. 2d 371 (Ala. 1989).
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Cent. Alabama Elec. Co-Op. v. Tapley, 546 So. 2d 371 (Ala. 1989). “See Code 1975, *382 § 6-11-30. While we express no view on the merits of this issue, we observe that, for whatever reason, it is clear that the Legislature's purposeful exclusion of wrongful death actions is totally consistent with the wrongful death statute and with this…”
Morgan Bldg. & Spas, Inc. v. Gillett, 762 So. 2d 366 (Ala. Civ. App. 2000). “§ 6-11-30, Ala.Code 1975 (Act No. 87-185, § 14).”
Chamblee v. Duncan, 188 So. 3d 682 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015). “, § 6-11-20 through § 6-11-30] is to be construed as creating any claim for punitive damages which is not now present under the law of the State of Alabama.”
Youngblood v. Lawyers Title Ins. Corp., 746 F. Supp. 71 (S.D. Ala. 1989). “This Court notes that if the saving clause codified at § 6-11-30, Alabama Code, did not cover plaintiff's claims, then the statutory cap applied.”
Toole v. McClintock, 999 F.2d 1430 (11th Cir. 1993). “We need not reach Baxter's argument that Alabama's statutory punitive damages cap, Ala. Code § 6-11-30 (Supp.1990), should have been applied in this case.”
Toole v. McClintock, 778 F. Supp. 1543 (M.D. Ala. 1991). · cites it 2× “15 Ala.Code § 6-11-30 (Supp.1990). Baxter first argues that no punitive damages should be assessed because it has not been proven sufficiently culpable.”
Indep. Life & Acc. Ins. Co. v. Harrington, 658 So. 2d 892 (Ala. 1994). · cites it 2× “See Ala.Code 1975, § 6-11-30. Because Casey turned age 65 and became eligible for Medicare in 1982 and continued to pay premiums to Independent Life while it failed to inform her that her policy terminated when she became eligible for Medicare or that she could receive an…”
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