LINDSAY II v. COLTON AUTO INC (2008)

 Plaintiff commenced this action seeking to recover the purchase price of a motor home manufactured in part by defendant Fleetwood Motor Homes of Pennsylvania, Inc. (Fleetwood) and sold to plaintiff by defendant Colton Auto, Inc. (Colton).  Supreme Court properly granted defendants' motion seeking summary judgment dismissing the complaint (see generally Zuckerman v. City of New York, 49 N.Y.2d 557, 562, 427 N.Y.S.2d 595, 404 N.E.2d 718).   With respect to the first cause of action, seeking relief under the Lemon Law (see General Business Law § 198-a), we conclude that plaintiff cannot obtain relief against Colton under that statute because it applies only to manufacturers (see General Elec. Capital Auto Lease v. D'Agnese, 239 A.D.2d 462, 658 N.Y.S.2d 55;  Monroe v. Crabtree Ford, 137 A.D.2d 747, 525 N.Y.S.2d 252).   Insofar as the first cause of action is asserted against Fleetwood, defendants established that plaintiff failed to comply with the Lemon Law's notice requirement (see § 198-a [n] [former (6) ] ).   With respect to the second cause of action, alleging breach of express warranty, defendants met their burden by establishing that Colton effectively disclaimed any express warranty (see UCC 2-316 [1] ) and that Fleetwood did not manufacture the defective components of the motor home and excluded those components from its express warranty (see generally Jones v. W + M Automation, Inc., 31 A.D.3d 1099, 1101, 818 N.Y.S.2d 396, lv. denied 8 N.Y.3d 802, 830 N.Y.S.2d 698, 862 N.E.2d 790).   With respect to the third cause of action, alleging breach of the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness (see UCC 2-314), defendants established that Colton effectively disclaimed those warranties (see UCC 2-316[2];  Gale v. Kessler, 93 A.D.2d 744, 461 N.Y.S.2d 295) and that plaintiff is not in privity with Fleetwood (see Miller v. General Motors Corp., 99 A.D.2d 454, 471 N.Y.S.2d 280, affd. 64 N.Y.2d 1081, 489 N.Y.S.2d 904, 479 N.E.2d 249;  Antel Oldsmobile-Cadillac v. Sirus Leasing Co., Div. of Sirus Enters., 101 A.D.2d 688, 475 N.Y.S.2d 944).   Finally, with respect to the fourth cause of action, seeking relief under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, defendants established that they are not “ ‘warrantors' ” with respect to the defective components of the motor home (15 USC § 2301[5] ).   We conclude that plaintiff failed to raise a triable issue of fact in opposition to the motion (see generally Zuckerman, 49 N.Y.2d at 562, 427 N.Y.S.2d 595, 404 N.E.2d 718).

It is hereby ORDERED that the order and judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

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