Hoboken Wood Flooring Corp. v. Torrington Supply Co.

The plaintiff, Hoboken Wood Flooring Corporation, has sued the defendant, Torrington Supply Company, Inc., alleging that Torrington sold it a water heater that ruptured, causing substantial property damage. Other defendants are also being sued, but the plaintiff’s claims against them are not involved in the present decision. Torrington Supply is the only defendant involved in this decision.

The revised complaint as it relates to the defendant is in four counts. The wording of these counts is prolix, probably unnecessarily so, but the claims being made are reasonably clear. The first count…