Legal Opinion
Brown v. United Water Delaware, Inc.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided August 27, 2010No. 291, 2009PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Justice:
FACTS 1
In the early morning hours of December 20, 2005, Joel and Iris Brown discovered a fire in the living room of their Wilmington home. The Browns’ neighbor called 911 and firefighters responded within seven minutes. A paramedic accompanying the firefighters attempted to connect the water hose to the hydrant nearest to the Browns’ home, but was unable to open the valve, because he was turning the valve in the wrong direction and broke the stem. The fire chief then sent his crew to the next nearest hydrant. They were unable to open the second hydrant, and concluded that it…
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