Coley v. Cohen

This is an action by plaintiff to recover for damages resulting from concussion and vibrations produced by blasting operations carried on without fault by the defendant contractor. Plaintiff owned premises near West Delavan avenue in the city of Buffalo along which the contractor was engaged in a sewer construction job under a contract with the Buffalo Sewer Authority. Plaintiff’s premises were damaged as the result of concussion and vibrations produced by blasting operations solely as an unavoidable consequence of the proper performance of this necessary public work by this defendant…