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CARRUTH v. PITTWAY CORP.

Nos. 1920904, 1920905.

643 So.2d 1340 (1994)

Coy CARRUTH, as administrator of the Estate of Brian Wesley Carruth, deceased; et al. v. PITTWAY CORPORATION. Larry STATON, as administrator of the Estate of Lawanda Renae Carruth, deceased v. PITTWAY CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick Alvis of Lucas, Alvis & Kirby, P.C., Charles M. Thompson of Thompson & Griffis, Larry Mann and Elizabeth R. Jones, Birmingham, for appellant.

William H. Mills and Gerald L. Miller of Redden, Mills & Clark, Birmingham, for appellee.

KENNEDY, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Coy Carruth and others, appeal from summary judgments in these two cases.

These cases involve a fire at the home of Coy Carruth and his wife, Shirley Carruth. The plaintiffs, as the administrators of the estates of seven Carruth family members who perished in the fire, brought wrongful death actions against the manufacturer of the Carruths' smoke detector, Pittway Corporation. The actions were based on the Alabama Extended...

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