MATTOON v. CITY OF PITTSFIELD

No. 91-2242.

980 F.2d 1 (1992)

Kimberly MATTOON, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. CITY OF PITTSFIELD, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Stanley Cooke, Pittsfield, Mass., for plaintiffs, appellants.

Richard J. O'Brien with whom David O. Burbank and Cain, Hibbard, Myers & Cook, Pittsfield, Mass., were on brief for defendant, appellee City of Pittsfield.

John C. Sikorski with whom Robinson, Donovan, Madden & Barry, P.C., Springfield, Mass., was on brief for defendants, appellees Krofta Engineering Corp., et al.

William Shields with whom Carol F. Liebman and Day, Berry & Howard, Boston, Mass., were on brief for defendant, appellee Metcalf & Eddy, Inc.

Jay S. Gregory with whom David J. Hatem and Posternak, Blankstein & Lund, Boston, Mass., were on brief for O'Brien & Gere, Inc.

Elizabeth W. Morse with whom John A. Wickstrom and Tashjian, Simsarian & Wickstrom, Worcester, Mass., were on brief for defendant, appellee Fisher, et al.

Before CYR, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and FUSTE, District Judge.


CYR, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, sixty-eight residents of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, who allegedly contracted giardiasis (otherwise known as "beaver fever") from drinking contaminated water supplied by the City of Pittsfield ("City") during November and December of 1985, brought suit against the City and various contractors and consultants for alleged violations of federal and state law.1 Summary judgment was granted in favor of all...

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