Petillo v. Kennedy & Smith, Inc.

Action for damages to plaintiffs’ property allegedly due to defendant contractor’s negligence in the manner in which it conducted its operations in the construction of a pumping station auxiliary to a sewer system in Queens county. Judgment for the plaintiffs unanimously affirmed, with costs. The proof established defendant’s negligence, particularly that adduced from the defendant’s engineer in respect of the manner in which the sheeting and piling were driven. That portion of the work, according to that proof, could have been done with the use of less power with little or no vibration, even…