Legal Opinion
Connecticut General Life Insurance v. SVA, Inc.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided July 26, 1990No. Civ. H-89-430 (PCD)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS
DORSEY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, owner/lessor and lessee of the Metro Office Building in Hartford, commenced this action against defendant, SVA, Inc. (“SVA”), alleging damages from an incident of June 16, 1987 during which two flexible connectors, supplied by SVA, in the building’s chilled water piping system ruptured causing water leaks. The complaint was brought pursuant to Connecticut’s Products Liability Act, Conn.Gen.Stat. § 52-572m, et seq. Plaintiffs have brought a similar action, H-88-712 (PCD) consolidated with this case, against Grodsky Service, Inc.…
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