Ferri v. Pyramid Construction Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment concluding that the defendant’s improvement of its land damaged the plaintiff’s adjoining property by causing it to become flooded. The plaintiff, Coneetta Ferri, sued the defendant, Pyramid Construction Company, in a three count complaint alleging negligence, nuisance and trespass. The trial court found the issues for the plaintiff on all counts and awarded her monetary damages. The defendant has appealed.

The memorandum of decision of the trial court establishes the following facts. The plaintiff and the defendant are adjoining landowners in Bloomfield. The…