Simone Corporation v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.

This action, sounding in negligence, was instituted by the plaintiff, a real estate developer, against the defendant, an electric utility company. The gravamen of the plaintiff’s complaint is that the defendant, in installing underground utilities in the roadway of a residential subdivision pursuant to an easement granted it by the plaintiff, performed this work on the road negligently, causing the plaintiff additional expenses which reduced profits from the subdivision.

The trial court found that the defendant’s negligence required additional work by the plaintiff to restore the roadbed and…