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WOODALL, Justice.
 

Christopher Burch sued Southern Pine Electric Cooperative alleging wrongful termination of his electric service. A jury awarded Burch $20,000 in compensatory damages and $75,000 in punitive damages. Southern Pine Electric Cooperative filed a motion for a remittitur, which the trial court orally denied, without stating its reasons for doing so. Southern Pine Electric Cooperative appealed.

The trial court erred in denying Southern Pine Electric Cooperative's motion for a remittitur without providing a written statement of the reasons for the denial. We remand this case for the trial court to enter an order in compliance with Hammond v. City of Gadsden, 493 So. 2d 1374 (Ala. 1986), stating its reasons supporting the denial of the motion. See Love v. Johnson, 775 So. 2d 127 (Ala. 2000); see also Spencer v. Lawson, 815 So. 2d 502 (Ala. 2001); Guaranty Pest Control, Inc. v. Bush, [Ms. 2001293, June 28, 2002] ___ So. 2d ___ (Ala. Civ. App. 2002). The trial court is instructed to file a return to this Court within 56 days of the release of this opinion, after which Southern Pine Electric Cooperative will have 14 days to file a supplemental brief, if it chooses to do so. Burch will then have seven days to respond, and Southern Pine Electric Cooperative may file a reply brief within seven days of Burch's response.

REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS.

Moore, C.J., and Houston, Lyons, and Johnstone, JJ., concur.