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LANCE, INC. v. RAMANAUSKAS

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731 So.2d 1204 (1999)

LANCE, INC. v. Michael RAMANAUSKAS and Tela Ramanauskas.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 5, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. Pierce, Forrest S. Latta, John Charles S. Pierce, and J. Robert Turnipseed of Pierce, Ledyard, Latta & Wadsden, P.C., Mobile; and Larry Harper and Mark King of Porterfield, Harper & Mills, P.C., Birmingham, of counsel, for appellant.

Robert T. Cunningham, Jr., Joseph M. Brown, Jr., and David G. Wirtes, Jr., of Cunningham, Bounds, Yance, Crowder & Brown, L.L.C., Mobile, for appellees.

LYONS, Justice.

Shawn Ramanauskas ("the child"), age 10, died after being electrocuted while attempting to purchase a snack from an ungrounded electric vending machine owned and maintained by Lance, Inc., a distributor of vending machines. The child's parents, Michael and Tela Ramanauskas ("the parents"), sued Lance, Inc., and several other defendants pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 6-5-391, which provides a cause of action for the wrongful-death of a minor. The...

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