Grote v. Jonbert Realty Corp.

Defendant Jonbert Realty Corporation was developing a tract of land in Port Washington, Nassau County, in which plaintiffs had their homes. Defendants Long Island Lighting Company and Karlson & Reed, Inc., installed the gas main and lateral pipe connected with it, which supplied gas to the home of plaintiffs Rolf and Ruth Grote. The defendants Salerno, doing business as R. Salerno & Sons, supplied the bulldozer and operator to prepare the sidewalk area for the laying of concrete. While the bulldozing was in progress, there was an explosion of gas in the home of plaintiffs Rolf and Ruth Grote,…