Legal Opinion

Hosford v. BRK Brands, Inc.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided August 19, 2016No. 1140899 and 1140901PublishedCited by 14 opinions

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…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. American Tobacco Co., Inc. v. GrinnellTexas Supreme Court · 1997
  2. General Motors Corp. v. SanchezTexas Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Carter v. HendersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
  4. Palm Harbor Homes, Inc. v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
  5. Waddell & Reed, Inc. v. UNITED INVEST. LIFE INS. CO.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2003

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3Cited by14 opinions

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  4. Burris v. Ethicon, Inc.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 2021
  5. Burton v. Ethicon, Inc.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2021

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