Whitehead v. USA-One, Inc.

Beverly Jean Whitehead, Carla Prewett, and Blair Marques were all tenants at Sharpsburg Manor apartments in Birmingham in 1988. In April and May of that year, a man broke into each of their apartments and sexually assaulted them. On June 11, 1988, the same man who had previously assaulted Whitehead broke into Whitehead's apartment again and raped her. Alfred Zene was apprehended that evening, and he later pleaded guilty to second degree burglary for the June 11 break-in; he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Whitehead, Prewett, and Marques all sued USA-One, Inc., the company hired to provide…