United States Second Circuit

Because the Connecticut Products Liability Act does not expressly prohibit post-sale liability for negligent failure to warn, the negligence-based common law duty survives and is cognizable under the statute; the government contractor defense does not apply to limit the warnings that a reasonable seller would provide to the government itself.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/12/2002
• Published 03/13/2002

Judges

• Before MESKILL, KEARSE, and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William F. Sheehan, Frederick C. Schafrick, Ross E. Davies, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae, The Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew L. Frey,Mayer, Brown & Platt (Catherine M. Sharkey, Mayer, Brown & Platt, and Mark A. Dombroff, Raymond L. Mariani, Dombroff & Gilmore, New York City, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant., Steven R. Pounian (Francis G. Fleming, Brian J. Alexander, Jacqueline M. James, Raafat S. Toss, on the brief), Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.