Avon-Avalon, Inc. v. Collins

Willie J. Foster, as administrator of the estate of Brenda Perdue, filed a wrongful death action against Avon-Avalon, Inc., Alabama Gas Corporation, Robert Leavall, and Leavall Banking Company, Inc. (hereinafter "Leavall Company"). One month later, Barbara A. Collins, as administratrix of the estate of Larry Collins, sued the same defendants for the wrongful death of Larry Collins. The plaintiffs alleged that Brenda Perdue and Larry Collins had died from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a faulty gas heater and ventilation pipe in their apartment; Alabama Gas manufactured the pipe and…