Shaid v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
O’Connor, J.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by plaintiff in a fall down a staircase in her apartment building during an interruption of electric power service to more than 3,000,000 households in New York City and Westchester County on the evening of July 13,1977. Plaintiff avers that defendant Con Edison Company of New York, Inc.’s (hereinafter Con Ed) gross negligence in permitting the blackout, which resulted in the sudden darkening of the stairway she was ascending, caused her accident. As in Goldstein v Consolidated…
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