Case Name: Henry BALTODANO and Vitia Baltodano, his wife, Appellants, v. CTL DISTRIBUTION, INC., and George Smith, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-07-03
Citations: 820 So. 2d 421
Docket Number: No. 3D01-2064
Parties: Henry BALTODANO and Vitia Baltodano, his wife, Appellants, v. CTL DISTRIBUTION, INC., and George Smith, Appellees.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, SHEVIN, and SORONDO, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 820
Pages: 421–422

Head Matter:
Henry BALTODANO and Vitia Baltodano, his wife, Appellants, v. CTL DISTRIBUTION, INC., and George Smith, Appellees.
No. 3D01-2064.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 3, 2002.
Hardy & Bissett, P.A., and G. William Bissett, Miami, for appellants.
Frost Tamayo Sessums & Aranda, P.A., and John W. Frost, II and Peter W. Van Den Boom (Bartow); Michael Rudd, Miami, for appellees.
Before JORGENSON, SHEVIN, and SORONDO, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Plaintiffs below appeal from a final judgment. We affirm.
The trial court properly concluded that the "drum off' unloading of sulfuric acid from a tanker through a hose and nozzle under pressure, into multiple individual fif ty-five-gallon drums is a dangerous enterprise, but it is not an ultrahazardous activity; the danger attendant to that activity can be eliminated by the use of proper handling procedures. See Edwards v. Post Transp. Co., 228 Cal.App.3d 980, 279 Cal.Rptr. 281 (1991) (applying Restatement (Second) of Torts § 519, 520 and holding that delivery of sulfuric acid to storage tank not an ultrahazardous activity because risk could be eliminated through exercise of reasonable care); compare Old Island Fumigation, Inc. v. Barbee, 604 So.2d 1246 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992) (applying Restatement (Second) of Torts § 520, 522 and holding that fumigation is ultrahazar-dous activity because risk cannot be eliminated by exercise of utmost care).
We find no merit in the remaining points on appeal.
AFFIRMED.
JORGENSON and SORONDO, JJ., concur.