Villani v. City of New York

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered June 12, 1990, which, inter alia, granted summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint against defendant City of New York, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

On March 4, 1986, plaintiff, an employee of third-party defendant Con Edison, sustained personal injuries when he went to inspect the oil reservoir in manhole #308 located at the intersection of Avenue A and East 4th Street. When plaintiff attempted to remove a cap from an oil filler pipe, *419using a wrench, a flash explosion and fire occurred due to leaking natural gas…