OSCAR KLEIN PLUMBING v. BOYD

No. 83-2095.

461 So.2d 221 (1984)

OSCAR KLEIN PLUMBING AND HEATING and Allstate Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Janet E. BOYD and Janet E. Boyd Co., Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing and Certification Denied January 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K.P. Jones of Jones & Zaifert, Fort Lauderdale, and Nancy Little Hoffmann of Hoffmann & Burris, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

John R. Hargrove and G. Ware Cornell, Jr. of McCune, Hiaasen, Crum, Ferris & Gardner, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.


DELL, Judge.

This appeal concerns the application of the "rescue doctrine" to personal injuries allegedly sustained by appellee, Janet Boyd, in her effort to save her personal property from damage caused by negligence of appellant Oscar Klein Plumbing and Heating.

Appellee operated a wholesale costume jewelry business in leased premises. Her landlord engaged appellant to install a water line. The work raised clouds...

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