Legal Opinion
King v. WA Brown & Sons, Inc.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 28, 1991No. 1900407PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On November 30, 1987, Mildred King and her husband Bobby Lee King sued Spartan Food Systems, Inc. ("Hardee's"),1 and W.A. Brown Sons, Inc. ("Brown Sons"). Mildred King sought damages for injuries she claimed to have received when she slipped and fell in a walk-in cooler manufactured by Brown Sons, while she was working at a Hardee's restaurant. Bobby Lee King alleged the loss of his wife's consortium. The Kings claimed that the cooler was defective and unreasonably dangerous to the user or consumer because, they alleged, water accumulated on the metal floor and caused the floor to become wet…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Ashbee v. BrockSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
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- Jefferson County v. SulzbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
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3Cited by36 opinions
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