FORT PIERCE GAS COMPANY v. TOOMBS

Nos. 73, 74.

193 So.2d 669 (1966)

FORT PIERCE GAS COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, Appellant, v. Benjamin TOOMBS, Reginald Toombs, a Minor, by His Father and Next Friend, Benjamin Toombs; Emmitt Toombs, a Minor, by His Father and Next Friend, Benjamin Toombs; Sally M. Toombs; Eloise Crutchfield; Gary Carrithers, a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, Eloise Crutchfield; Eldora Crutchfield, and Maddox Foundry & Machine Works, Inc., Appellees (Two Cases).

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. McKendree, of Howell, Kirby, Montgomery & Sands, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Rupert Jasen Smith and Angus Sumner, Fort Pierce, for appellees Toombs et al.

James S. Robinson, West Palm Beach, for appellee Maddox Foundry & Machine Works, Inc.


Rehearing Denied in No. 73 February 1, 1967.

WALDEN, Judge.

These appeals, here consolidated for purposes of opinion, are brought by defendant, cross-claimant, Fort Pierce Gas Company, from final judgments entered adverse to it in a suit at law for damages.

A propane gas storage tank located at the residence of the Toombs family exploded causing the death of a child, personal injuries to others, and certain property damage. The tank had been manufactured...

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