American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

DALY, District Judge.

This diversity action arises out of an incident that occurred on March 2, 1970, in which a work crew of defendant Connecticut Light & Power Company (CL&P), while replacing a broken CL&P pole, damaged an underground telephone cable owned by plaintiff American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T). The Court previously has ruled in plaintiff’s favor on the liability phase of this bifurcated action. AT&T v. CL&P, Civil No. 14918 (D.Conn. May 4, 1978). The Court now is presented with the issue of the appropriate measure of damages. At trial on this issue,…