Legal Opinion
Giglio v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 15, 1980PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
In October of 1959, the defendant Connecticut Light and Power Company converted a coal burning home furnace to gas operation for the named plaintiff Josephine Giglio (hereinafter the plaintiff) in her apartment in Waterbury. On October 7, 1967, the plaintiff’s daughter, feeling cold, raised, the thermostat regulating the furnace. When the furnace did not start, she cheeked the system’s “Baso Safety Switch,” an indicator designed to tell whether the pilot light was on or off. If the pilot light were on, the color silver should have appeared in the window with the word “on” displayed. If the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Rossignol v. Danbury School of Aeronautics, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- Shirley J. Lindsay, of the Estate of John Douglas Lindsay, Deceased v. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Vilcinskas v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1956
- Handler v. Remington Arms Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1957
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3Cited by110 opinions
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