Auriemme v. Bridgeport Gas Co.

The plaintiffs sue for injuries they received when overcome by gas fumes which escaped from a kitchen stove. The first two counts are based on negligence upon the part of the defendant gas company. The third and fourth allege: “The furnishing and supply of gas to the home of the plaintiffs by the defendant constituted the use by the defendant of an intrinsically dangerous means to accomplish a lawful end, in such a way as necessarily or obviously exposed the plaintiff to the danger of probable injury.”

The defendant demurs to the third and fourth counts because they charge liability without…