Faubion v. Piedmont Engineering & Construction Corp.

Pope, Judge.

After a fire damaged a warehouse owned by Jack A. Faubion, he engaged Piedmont Engineering & Construction Corporation (Pied*257mont) to repair the warehouse. In turn, Piedmont subcontracted the roof repairs to Chattahoochee Contracting, Inc. (Chattahoochee) which subcontracted the roof welding work to Tom’s Ornamental Iron Company, Inc. (Tom’s). On December 11, 1979, while the repair work was in progress, a second fire occurred which destroyed an inventory of mechanical and electromechanical parts for discontinued NCR accounting machines and cash registers. Faubion brought suit…