McWHORTER v. CITY OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH, ETC.

No. 79-221.

400 So.2d 23 (1981)

Robert McWHORTER, Individually, Diane McWhorter, His Wife, Individually, and Diane McWhorter As Next Friend of Patrick McWhorter, Minor Child, Michelle Renee McWhorter, Minor Child, and Darrin Robert McWhorter, Minor Child, Appellants, v. CITY OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH UTILITIES COMMISSION, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judson I. Woods, Jr., and Jack W. Watson, III of Woods & Watson, Edgewater, for appellants.

Elsie T. Apthorp and Jacqueline R. Griffin, Orlando, for appellee.


FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., Judge.

Appellants, the Robert McWhorter family, appeal from a final judgment after a jury trial denying recovery for damages to their home which resulted when sewage flooded their home.

While Mr. and Mrs. McWhorter were attending a convention in Orlando, they called home to check on their children and learned that there was "some water in the house." The parents returned home at about 1:00 a.m. to find water running out of the front...

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