CAIN v. MORTGAGE REALTY CO., INC.

1970709.

723 So.2d 631 (1998)

Dorothy CAIN, as administratrix of the estate of Beverly Gray, deceased v. MORTGAGE REALTY COMPANY, INC.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth W. Hooks and Chris T. Hellums for Pittman, Hooks, Dutton & Hollis, P.C., Birmingham, for appellant.

Robert V. Rodgers of Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, Birmingham, for appellee.


SEE, Justice.

Dorothy Cain, as administratrix of the estate of Beverly Gray, filed this wrongful-death action against Gray's landlord, Mortgage Realty Company, Inc. Cain alleged, among other things, that Mortgage Realty had negligently or wantonly failed to provide Gray's apartment with a properly operating smoke detector and that Mortgage Realty's negligent or wanton conduct was the proximate cause of Gray's death. The trial court instructed the jury that it could...

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