Shea v. Bay State Gas Co.

By their action brought on November 3, 1975, the plaintiffs sought damages from Bay State Gas Company and J. Andreassi & Son, Inc. (Andreassi), for personal injuries arising out of a gas explosion at 1044 Turnpike Street in Canton. Their complaint alleged that the gas company negligently maintained and serviced the gas pipe at that address and that Andreassi, a corporation “in the *745business of excavating and performing sewer contracting,” negligently excavated, backfilled, and inspected a certain sewer system in the area, causing a gas pipe to rupture. On December 6, 1976, Andreassi filed a…