Caporale v. C. W. Blakeslee & Sons, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that use of a pile driver capable of delivering 15,000 foot-pounds of energy was intrinsically dangerous.
• defendant subject to strict liability can be held liable ‘‘even though he uses all proper care’’ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• strict liability for damage caused by pile-driver operation
• imposing strict liability for damage caused by pile-driver operation
• Pile driving found to be an ultrahazardous activity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Green v. Ensign-Bickford Co.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1991-08-20· cited 81×
• Vern J. Oja & Associates v. Washington Park Towers, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-09-22· cited 32×
• Sachs v. Chiat
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1968-10-25· cited 19×
• Nielsen v. Sioux Tools, Inc.
  D. Connecticut· 1994-09-30· cited 17×
• Albahary v. City and Town of Bristol, Conn.
  D. Connecticut· 1997-03-24· cited 13×
• Gallagher v. H v. Pierhomes, LLC
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2008-10-01· cited 13×
• Collins v. Olin Corp.
  D. Connecticut· 2006-02-28· cited 9×
• Gonzalez v. O & G Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2021-12-30· cited 8×
• Vern J. Oja & Associates v. Washington Park Towers, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1976-04-19· cited 7×
• Hutchinson v. Capeletti Bros., Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-04-08· cited 5×
• Hellamns v. Yale-New Haven Hospital, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2013-12-31· cited 3×
• McDonald v. Timex Corp.
  D. Connecticut· 1998-03-31· cited 2×
• Vendrella v. Astriab Family Ltd. Partnership
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2014-04-01
• Mazzarella v. Lehigh Foundations, Inc.
  Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas· 1969-10-08

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Whitman Hotel Corporation v. Elliott & Watrous Engineering Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1951-03-13· cited 101×
• Bonczkiewicz v. Merberg Wrecking Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1961-07-18· cited 36×
• Starkel v. Edward Balf Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1955-05-03· cited 28×
• Janice v. State
  New York State Court of Claims· 1951-10-18· cited 24×
• Hauck v. Brunet
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1951-02-12· cited 22×
• Scranton v. L. G. DeFelice & Son, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1951-03-13· cited 19×
• Antinozzi v. D. v. Frione & Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1951-03-13· cited 17×
• Jeanfreau v. Sanderson
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1960-02-15· cited 9×
• Fagan v. Paths Industries, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1949-03-03· cited 9×
• Petillo v. Kennedy & Smith, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1941-12-01· cited 8×
• Schlansky v. Augustus V. Riegel, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1961-04-27· cited 6×