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GIGLIO v. CONNECTICUT LIGHT & POWER CO.

180 Conn. 230 (1980)

JOSEPHINE GIGLIO ET AL. v. CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released April 15, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Fitzgerald, Jr., with whom were John C. Bullock and, on the brief, Anthony M. Fitzgerald, for the appellant (defendant).

Thomas L. Brayton, for the appellee (named plaintiff).

COTTER, C. J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, PETERS and WRIGHT, JS.

WRIGHT, J.

In October of 1959, the defendant Connecticut Light and Power Company converted a coal burning home furnace to gas operation for the named plaintiff Josephine Giglio (hereinafter the plaintiff) in her apartment in Waterbury. On October 7, 1967, the plaintiff's daughter, feeling cold, raised the thermostat regulating the furnace. When the furnace did not start, she checked the system's "Baso Safety Switch," an indicator designed to tell whether the pilot...

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