Cirale v. 80 Pine Street Corp.

This appeal arises out of a tragic steam pipe explosion at 80 Pine Street in New York City on May 3, 1972, which resulted in the death of seven persons, one of which was plaintiff’s intestate. Immediately after the accident,- a Board of Inquiry was convened at the direction of the Commissioner of Buildings “ to inquire into and ascertain the facts, study the cause or causes of the accident for the purpose of formulating remedial legislation or regulations intended to prevent said occurrences in the future, and determine if there was a violation of the building code and/or any of the rules and…