TRAVELERS INS. v. FED. PAC.


211 A.D.2d 40 (1995)

Travelers Insurance Company, as Subrogee of Rca Global Communications, Inc., Respondent, v. Federal Pacific Electric Company et al., Doing Business as Federal Pacific Corporation, Appellants, et al., Defendants

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

April 4, 1995


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Hoffman of counsel (Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig, attorneys), for appellants.

Dennis M. Perlberg of counsel (Speyer & Perlberg, attorneys), for respondent.

ELLERIN, J. P., KUPFERMAN, ASCH and TOM, JJ., concur.


NARDELLI, J.

RCA Global Communications, Inc. (RCA) had been conducting telecommunications operations from 60 Broad Street for some 20 years when a water pipe burst on January 23, 1982, flooding a switchboard, tripping a circuit breaker, and interrupting power to the air-conditioning system. Dennis Castelli, an RCA electrical technician with no formal electrical training but on-the-job training for 12 years, and...

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