TOOMBS v. FORT PIERCE GAS COMPANY

No. 36280.

208 So.2d 615 (1968)

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; and Gary Carrithers, a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, Eloise Crutchfield, Petitioners, v. FORT PIERCE GAS COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 27, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rupert Jasen Smith and Angus Sumner, Fort Pierce, for petitioners.

Thomas A. Hoadley, of Howell, Kirby, Montgomery, Sands & D'Aiuto, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


ROBERTS, Justice.

By conflict certiorari we here review a decision of the District Court of Appeal, Fourth District, reversing judgments in favor of petitioners for injuries sustained when a propane gas storage tank owned by respondent exploded at the rear of a twofamily residence, resulting in the death of a child, personal injuries to others, and in property damage. The tank had been manufactured seven years before by the Maddox Foundry and Machine Works, Inc. but...

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