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CONSOL. PIPE & SUPPLY v. STOCKHAM VALVES & FITTINGS

77-291-77-294.

365 So.2d 968 (1978)

CONSOLIDATED PIPE AND SUPPLY COMPANY, INC. v. STOCKHAM VALVES AND FITTINGS, INC., and Louisiana Valve and Fittings Company, Inc. LOUISIANA VALVE AND FITTINGS COMPANY, INC. v. STOCKHAM VALVES AND FITTINGS, INC.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry W. Harper and Jack B. Porterfield, Jr., of Dunn, Porterfield, Scholl & Clark, Birmingham, for appellant, Consol. Pipe & Supply Co., Inc. (77-291, 77-292).

H. H. Grooms, Jr., and H. L. Ferguson, Jr., of Spain, Gillon, Riley, Tate & Etheredge, Birmingham, for appellant, Louisiana Valve & Fittings Co., Inc. (77-293, 77-294).

Edward O. Conerly, Birmingham, for appellee, Stockham Valves & Fittings, Inc. (77-291, 77-292, 77-293, 77-294).

EMBRY, Justice.

These suits were commenced by Retha Cunningham and Dorothy Thomas, the widows of two men who were killed by the explosion of an underground steam valve while working for Alabama Power Company. Although several defendants were initially named, the suits when consolidated, tried, and submitted to the jury were against Stockham Valves and Fittings Company, Inc. (Stockham), the valve's manufacturer, Louisiana Valve and Fittings Company, Inc. (Louisiana...

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