Allied Enterprises, Inc. v. Brooks

1. (a) The law imposes upon building contractors and others performing skilled services the obligation to exercise a reasonable degree of care, skill, and ability, which is generally taken and considered to be such a degree of care and skill as, under similar conditions and like surrounding circumstances, is ordinarily employed by others of the same profession. Block v. Happ, 144 Ga. 145 (86 S. E. 316); Porter v. Davey Tree Expert Company, 34 Ga. App. 355 (2) (129 S. E. 557). And, while it is true that, on the acceptance of the work by the owner after the building contractor has rendered the…