Legal Opinion
Cumberbatch v. Board of Trustees, Delaware Technical & Community College
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided February 14, 1978PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’HARA, Judge.
The plaintiff, Everson Cumberbatch, was injured in July, 1975, when he allegedly slipped and fell in a building on the campus of the Delaware Technical and Community College (“Del Tech”). Plaintiff was attending class on the day he was injured. At that time there was construction activity taking place on the campus.
Several parties shared responsibility for the Del Tech construction project: Del Tech, the owner of the premises; Ernest DiSabatino & Sons (“DiSabatino”) and C. M. Associates, Inc. (“C.M.”), two companies engaged in a joint venture to provide construction management…
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