SOCHA v. GEIST

No. 79-266.

392 So.2d 945 (1980)

Bruno SOCHA and Joan Socha, His Wife, and Nationwide Fire Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Mel GEIST d/b/a Mel's Bulldozing and South Carolina Insurance Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester A. Lewis of Smalbein, Eubank, Johnson, Rosier & Bussey, P.A., Daytona Beach, for appellants.

W.C. Airth, Jr., of Fowler, Williams & Airth, Orlando, for appellees.


EVANS, VERNON W., Jr., Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing with prejudice appellants' claim for contribution in a personal injury case.

The defendant in the original action, Bruno Socha, began construction on a residence in Volusia County, Florida. Socha acted as his own contractor for this construction. The plans included a basement for which Socha employed Melvin A. Geist, d/b/a Mel's Bulldozing, to do the excavation.

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