FLA. BLDG. INSPECTION SERV. v. ARNOLD CORP.

No. 91-106.

660 So.2d 730 (1995)

FLORIDA BUILDING INSPECTION SERVICES, INC., Appellant, v. The ARNOLD CORPORATION, Printed Communications for Business, a/k/a The Arnold Corporation, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas H. Stein, Miami, for appellant.

Harry A. Payton, P.A., Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL, HUBBART, NESBITT, BASKIN, JORGENSON, COPE, LEVY, GERSTEN, and GODERICH, JJ.


ON HEARING EN BANC

GERSTEN, Judge.

Appellant, Florida Building Inspection Services, Inc. (FBIS), appeals an adverse final judgment awarding damages to appellee, the Arnold Corporation (Arnold), for economic losses arising out of a tort claim. We reverse.

The issue in this appeal is whether a building inspection company hired by a lessee, owes a duty of care to a third party sublessee, not in privity, who has incurred economic loss. We recognize...

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