Blevins v. W.F. Barnes Corporation

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In the years prior to 1997, Jerry Blevins, an attorney, maintained an office on the second floor of the Bell Building in Montgomery. That building is owned by W.F. Barnes Corporation; Frank Barnes is the president of W.F. Barnes Corporation (the corporation and Mr. Barnes will be referred to collectively as "Barnes"). In November 1996, Blevins's paralegal, Mary Parks, began complaining to Blevins that the smoke from the smoking lounge near her office was…