Wooldridge v. Rowe

The basic question presented by this appeal is the liability of a builder of a home to a buyer who is not in privity of contract with him.

We draw the summary of the facts from appellants' brief.1

On March 25, 1982, plaintiffs, William Joseph Wooldridge and his wife, filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, against Lamar Rowe d/b/a Rowe General Contractors, in which they sought recovery of damages resulting from a fire at their home. Plaintiffs claimed that Rowe had not built the fireplace in a workmanlike manner and that the fire damage was caused to the home as a proximate…