WHALEY v. LAWING

SC 2157.

352 So.2d 1090 (1977)

Robert B. WHALEY v. Lloyd LAWING and Mary Lawing.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Acker, Jr., and Carleton P. Ketcham, Jr., Birmingham, for appellant.

Herbert W. Peterson, Birmingham, for appellees.


ALMON, Justice.

Plaintiff Robert B. Whaley sued defendants Lloyd and Mary Lawing for injuries sustained when a redwood sundeck on the home of defendants collapsed. The thrust of plaintiff's complaint is that the defendants were wantonly negligent in allowing the plaintiff, a social guest in their home, on the sundeck which they knew was unstable and dangerous. After presentation of the plaintiff's case, the trial court...

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