O'Connell v. Reliance Insurance

Shirley M. O’Connell, the plaintiff, appeals from an adverse judgment that followed allowance of the defendant Reliance Insurance Company’s (Reliance) motion for summary judgment and the denial of her motion for partial summary judgment. The circumstances were these.

In January, 1992, O’Connell was injured — she broke her wrist — as a result of a dangerous condition created by TodescaForte, Inc. (Todesca), which was working on a State-funded *335highway reconstruction contract. She filed a negligence claim against Todesca and was later allowed to amend her complaint to add Todesca’s liability…