N.Y. Judge Rejects Bid to Certify Superstorm Sandy Class Action Against Con Ed

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A New York judge had refused to certify a class of plaintiffs who sued Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. blaming the utility for costly delays in restoring power to their residences after Superstorm Sandy.

Richmond County Supreme Court Justice Philip G. Minardo said in a Feb. 3 ruling that the unique nature of each plaintiff’s claim for damages against Con Ed would require individualized analysis that undermines the purpose of class certification.

“While this Court does not dispute the claim that nearly one million customers may have lost power as a result of …