Dawson v. Equity Investment Group Operating Partnership

Sweeney, Constance M., J.

The plaintiff, Harold Dawson, was severely injured on March 2, 2000, when he sustained a powerful electric shock while repairing a meter and electric box located in a building that was owned by the defendant Holyoke Shopping Center and maintained by the defendant Equity Investment Group Operating Partnership, LP (Equity). Mr. Dawson was acting within the scope of his employment as a serviceman with the City of Holyoke’s Gas and Electric Department (employer) when he sustained his injuries.

The electrical shock and instantaneous electric flash burned the right side of…