MATTOON v. CITY OF PITTSFIELD

No. 99-P-459.

56 Mass. App. Ct. 124 (2002)

KIMBERLY MATTOON & others v. CITY OF PITTSFIELD.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Berkshire.

September 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alma R. Arlos for the plaintiffs.

Jonathan I. Handler for the defendant.

Present: PORADA, SMITH, & GILLERMAN, JJ.


SMITH, J.

In June of 1988, the plaintiffs brought a class action complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, claiming that they had contracted giardiasis (an illness caused by giardia, a parasite found in the intestines of certain animals) as a result of contamination of the public water supply of the city of Pittsfield (city) in November and December of 1985. The plaintiffs named the city as a defendant, and also named various...

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