Adcock v. Rollins Protective Services Co.

Plaintiffs-appellants, John Adcock and Mary Jane Adcock, seek reversal of the judgment against them in their action to recover temporary damages negligently caused by defendants-appellees, Rollins Protective Services Company and Paul Dedman, to plaintiffs’ dwelling. The trial court directed a verdict for the defendants because, while the evidence included the cost of repairing the damage, the plaintiffs failed to present evidence of the diminution in the market value of their home proximately caused by the defendants. Plaintiffs assert that this was error and we agree.

Defendants conceded that…