PELLECCHIA v. CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER

No. 33647.

57 A.3d 803 (2012)

139 Conn.App. 767

Anthony J. PELLECCHIA, Administrator (Estate of Anthony E. Pellecchia) v. CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY et al.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided December 25, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Clark , Shelton, for the appellant (defendant-third party plaintiff).

Giovanna Tiberii Weller , with whom was Lauren J. Taylor and, on the brief, Richard L. Street , Waterbury, for the appellees (named defendant-third party defendant et al.).

ROBINSON, ESPINOSA and SHELDON, Js.


SHELDON, J.

In this appeal, the principal issue is whether one of two unrelated tortfeasors, whose separate and independent acts of negligence both allegedly caused the death by electrocution of a motorcyclist by exposing him, without warning, to the risk of electrocution arising from a downed electric power line on a public roadway, can lawfully seek indemnification from the other on the common-law theory of active-passive negligence, as recognized by our Supreme...

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