VILLANI v. CITY OF NEW YORK


171 A.D.2d 418 (1991)

Anthony Villani, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent and Third-Party Plaintiff. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 5, 1991


On March 4, 1986, plaintiff, an employee of third-party defendant Con Edison, sustained personal injuries when he went to inspect the oil reservoir in manhole #308 located at the intersection of Avenue A and East 4th Street. When plaintiff attempted to remove a cap from an oil filler pipe, using a wrench, a flash explosion and fire occurred due to leaking natural gas from an adjacent Con Edison gas main. Both the manhole and the...

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