FOLKS v. CITY OF TAMPA

Nos. 68-287, 68-288.

221 So.2d 426 (1969)

Rose Marie FOLKS, As Administratrix of the Estate of John D. Lyles, Deceased, Appellant, v. CITY OF TAMPA, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee. Donna LYLES, Appellant, v. CITY OF TAMPA, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Orseck, of Podhurst & Orseck, Miami, and Wagner, Cunningham & Vaughan, Tampa, for appellants.

Laurence I. Goodrich, Tampa, for appellee.


MANN, Judge.

The City of Tampa was one of several defendants in actions brought by the administratrix and widow of John D. Lyles, who was killed as a result of the explosion of gas which, over a period of six hours, leaked out of a pipe struck by an automobile outside the restaurant of other defendants where it had been installed, plaintiffs say, in such a way that damage to it, consequent leaks and explosions were foreseeable. The complaints were dismissed as to...

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