SAWTELLE v. MYSTIC VALLEY GAS CO.


1 Mass. App. Ct. 672 (1974)

306 N.E.2d 271

JOSEPH J. SAWTELLE, JR., trustee, & another vs. MYSTIC VALLEY GAS COMPANY & another (and two companion cases).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

January 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Cornell (John R. Kewer with him) for Bond Brothers, Inc.

David W. Kelley (Francis X. Kiley with him) for Mystic Valley Gas Company.

William B. O'Keefe & Francis E. Dooley (James F. Murphy, Jeremiah W. Mahoney & Robert J. Muldoon, Jr., with them) for the plaintiffs.

Present: ROSE, GOODMAN, & ARMSTRONG, JJ.


GOODMAN, J.

This is a report (G.L.c. 231, §§ 111, 124) of tort actions arising out of a gas explosion in a Melrose shopping center, which substantially destroyed two buildings and caused other extensive property damage. Over one hundred actions for property damage were brought against (among others) Mystic Valley Gas Company (Mystic), which supplied natural gas to the tenants of the shopping center, and Bond Brothers, Inc. (Bond), which had installed the...

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