Fischer, Inc. v. Standard Brands, Inc.

MOORE, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs, property owners, business operators and insurance carriers, appeal from judgment on jury verdict denying their damage claims resulting from spread of fire from defendant’s building.

In division I of their combined petition plaintiffs alleged five specifications of negligence. In division II they alleged general negligence under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. The trial court sustained defendant’s motion to strike and withdraw division II from the jury. The allegations of division I, including four of the pleaded specifications, were submitted to the jury.…