ALPHA CRANE SERVICE, INC. v. CAPITOL CRANE CO.

(2835), (2836), (2837), (2838), (2839), (2840), (2841)

6 Conn. App. 60 (1986)

ALPHA CRANE SERVICE, INC., ET AL. v. CAPITOL CRANE COMPANY ET AL. PAUL J. APARO, ADMINISTRATOR (ESTATE OF STEVEN J. PALMERI) v. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION ET AL.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decision released January 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremiah M. Keefe, with whom was James E. Kernan, for the appellant in both cases (defendant Wetherell Corporation).

William R. Davis, with whom was Michael C. Jainchill, for the appellant in the second case (plaintiff Paul J. Aparo).

Stephen C. Lattanzio, with whom, on the brief, was Albert G. Murphy, for the appellees in the first case (plaintiff Alpha Crane Service, Inc., et al.).

Joseph G. Lynch, with whom, on the brief, were John W. Lemega and Karen E. Young, for the appellee in both cases (defendant Capitol Crane Company).

John R. FitzGerald, with whom were Constance L. Epstein and, on the brief, James T. Haviland II, for the appellee in both cases (defendant United Technologies Corporation).

SPALLONE, DALY and BIELUCH, JS.


BIELUCH, J.

These appeals arise out of the denial by the trial court of seven motions to set aside various verdicts rendered in two actions consolidated for trial. The two cases are the result of a construction accident in which a crane operator died and a crane was damaged. The appellants have claimed a total of sixteen errors on appeal. We find error.

Because of the complex nature of these appeals, preliminary...

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