Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 6-6-296 (2026)
Damages - Exemplary or Punitive.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
In case of wanton aggression or wanton entry on the part of the defendant, the jury may award exemplary or punitive damages.
(Code 1923, §7470; Code 1940, T. 7, §955.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1986–1988 · leading case: Tatum v. Schering Corp., 523 So. 2d 1042 (Ala. 1988).
Tatum v. Schering Corp., 523 So. 2d 1042 (Ala. 1988). “The Legislature did not use the term "exemplary or punitive damages," which it used in what is now § 6-6-296, Code 1975, which phrase was also used when this section appeared as § 7470, Code 1923, and T.”
Knox v. Criddle, 490 So. 2d 913 (Ala. 1986). “Code 1975, § 6-6-296. We further find that the judgment entered upon the jury verdict is deficient in that the sheriff, upon order of the court to do so, could not fix by use of those documents the true boundary line between the parties, as mandated by Code 1975, §§ 6-6- *914…”
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