St. Rita's Home, Inc. v. Town of Amherst

Del Vecchio, J. P.

Following a trial without a jury the court dismissed the complaint against all defendants. Upon this appeal plaintiff seeks a reversal only as to the defendant Gordon & Broderick Associates. The sole question presented is whether that defendant negligently prepared plans and specifications to connect plaintiff’s sewage disposal facilities to the town trunk sewer.

The facts are simple. Plaintiff’s institution, located on 15 acres of land on North Forest Road in the Town of Amherst, consisted of a convent, a hospital and children’s home, an employees’ residence, a chaplain’s…