Hosford v. BRK Brands, Inc.
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
STUART, Justice.
These consolidated appeals stem from the death of four-year-old Nevaeh Johnson in a fire that destroyed her family’s mobile home in May 2011. Following Nevaeh’s death, Nevaeh’s mother, Latosha Hosford (“Latosha”); Latosha’s husband, Chad Barley (“Barley”); and Nevaeh’s grandmother, Rhonda Hosford (“Hosford”), sued BRK Brands, Inc. (“BRK”), the manufacturer of two smoke alarms in the mobile home at the time of the fire, and other defendants' in the Conecuh Circuit Court asserting various claims stemming from the fire.1 In appeal no. 1140899, Latosha appeals the judgment as a…
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