VEALS v. CON ED.


114 Misc.2d 626 (1982)

Ephraim T. Veals, Jr., Claimant, v. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Defendant.

Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County.

June 23, 1982


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ephraim T. Veals, Jr., claimant pro se. Ernest J. Williams and Leon Mener for defendant.


DAVID B. SAXE, J.

If Consolidated (Con) Edison's actions in this case were held not to constitute gross negligence, I doubt if any consumer could ever successfully sue this utility company for damages sustained as a result of a wrongful power turnoff.

The essential facts are these: claimant Veals, a quiet but feisty professor of gerontology at Columbia University, lives on Empire Boulevard in Brooklyn...

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