ELLIS v. GOLCONDA CORP.

Nos. CC-47 to CC-51.

352 So.2d 1221 (1977)

Leon ELLIS, McKenzie Tank Lines, Inc., a Florida Corporation, and Carriers Insurance Company, a Foreign Corporation, Etc., Appellants, v. GOLCONDA CORPORATION a/k/a Bastian and Blessing, a Corporation, Appellee. McKENZIE TANK LINES, INC., etc., et al., Appellants, v. COLEMAN'S MUSIC AND GAMES CO., INC., etc., Appellee. McKENZIE TANK LINES, INC., etc., et al., Appellants, v. Sallie PETERSON et ux., Appellees. McKENZIE TANK LINES, INC., etc., et al., Appellants, v. Sharon Margaret NOTAGE, etc., et al., Appellees. McKENZIE TANK LINES, INC., etc., et al., Appellants, v. Harris R. LAMBE, et ux., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond A. Haas of Haas & Boehm, Daytona Beach, and Sam Spector, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Gary H. Rushmer of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, Orlando, Thomas R. Hess of Ossinsky & Krol, and Wesley A. Fink of Fink & Loucks, Daytona Beach, for appellees.


RAWLS, Acting Chief Judge.

This case involves an explosion of liquid petroleum gas which escaped from a tank truck owned by McKenzie Tank Lines, Inc., in a semi-residential area in Holly Hill, Florida. While transferring the gas from the tank truck to a bulk storage plant,1 Leon Ellis, a truck driver for McKenzie, lost control of the liquid hose line connecting the two tanks, resulting in the...

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