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LANKFORD v. SULLIVAN, LONG & HAGERTY

80-459.

416 So.2d 996 (1982)

Hoyt LANKFORD, Bonnie Lankford, Posey O. Pace and Nadean Pace v. SULLIVAN, LONG & HAGERTY, a Corporation; Can Tex Industries, a Division of Harsco Corporation; and Texas Vitrified Manufacturing Company.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

July 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George White, Gadsden, and R. Ben Hogan, III, of Hogan, Smith & Alspaugh, Birmingham, for appellants.

Charles E. Sharp and John F. Whitaker, of Sadler, Sadler, Sullivan, Sharp & Stutts, Birmingham, for appellee Sullivan, Long & Hagerty.

Larry W. Harper, of Porterfield, Scholl, Clark & Harper, Birmingham, for appellees Can Tex Industries and Texas Vitrified Mfg. Co.

Lanny S. Vines, Birmingham, for amicus curiae The Alabama Trial Lawyers Assn.

L. Murray Alley, Fournier J. Gale, III, and Cathy S. Wright, of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, for amicus curiae Associated Industries of Alabama.

ALMON, Justice.

This is a products liability case. At issue is the constitutionality of Code 1975, § 6-5-500 et seq. This appeal is from the granting of summary judgment in favor of the defendants/appellees. We reverse.

On May 27, 1980, Hoyt Lankford and Posey O. Pace, employees of the City of Gadsden Waterworks and Sewer Board, were injured when a manlift (a type of elevator) upon which they were riding suddenly collapsed and fell. The accident...

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