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Burlington Coat Factory of Alabama, LLC v. Butler

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama

Decided June 13, 2014No. 2120969PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Judge.

On May 16, 2011, Barbara Butler went to a store operated by Burlington Coat Factory of Alabama, LLC (“Burlington”), to return some shoes. Butler then decided to shop for some “memory-foam” pillows, *965which she located in the linens department of the store. The pillows were displayed on moveable metal brackets affixed into a “slat wall” on an “end cap” on one of the aisles in the linens department. Butler was removing the pillows from a set of brackets slightly above her head when the brackets holding the pillows came loose from the wall and fell; one of the brackets hit Butler in…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of FloridaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  2. Hobson v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1997
  3. Tice v. TiceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
  4. Lamson & Sessions Bolt Co. v. McCartySupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  5. Kmart Corp. v. BassettSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000

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3Cited by5 opinions

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