Andel v. Getz Services, Inc.

Pope, Judge.

Plaintiffs Calvin C. and Frankie Andel are a married couple. In February 1976 Mr. Andel contracted with defendant Getz Services, Inc. to treat plaintiffs’ house for wood fungus. Defendant’s representative informed Mr. Andel the company would spray the wood in the crawl space under plaintiffs’ house with one of three chemicals, one of which was pentachlorophenol (“PCP”). Mr. Andel learned the first of two consecutive days defendant treated the house that PCP was the chemical used but Mrs. Andel denied knowing what the house was sprayed with until 1981 when a test for toxic…