Creighton v. Town of Windsor

Plaintiffs, Jeffrey and Donna Creighton, appeal from a summary judgment by the Windsor Superior Court in favor of defendant, the Town of Windsor, in a suit in which plaintiffs sought damages arising from a sewage blockage, asserting that the town breached its duty to maintain the sewer system against back-ups. We reverse and remand.

The Town of Windsor operates a municipal sewage system. Plaintiffs own a home on Central Street, which is connected to the town’s six-inch sewer main through their four-inch pipe. The six-inch main, which has been under the plaintiffs’ property since 1948, connects…