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MANCINI v. BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS

167 Conn. 189 (1974)

CARMEN MANCINI ET AL. v. BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT JOHN LACAPRA ET AL. v. THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 27, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome E. Caplan, with whom was Steven D. Bartelstone, for the appellants (named plaintiff et al.) in the first case.

Robert M. Dombroff, with whom, on the brief, were Walter E. Schatz and Edward G. Pizzella, for the appellant (named plaintiff) in the second case.

Raymond B. Green, with whom was Charles W. Page, for the appellee (defendant) in each case.

HOUSE, C. J., SHAPIRO, LOISELLE, MACDONALD and BOGDANSKI, Js.

LOISELLE, J.

The plaintiffs, Carmen Mancini and Patrick J. Joyce in one action, and John LaCapra in another, sought to recover from the defendant for injuries and damage incurred when an afterblast of dynamite occurred in the area where they were working. Each plaintiff brought an action in two counts, one based on negligence, and a second on absolute liability. The negligence counts were framed in terms of the defendant...

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