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Misicki v. Caradonna

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Product Liability
In an action under N.Y. Labor Law section 241(6) for injuries Plaintiff construction worker suffered while working, summary judgment for Defendant is...

Ileto v. Glock, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a personal injury action against firearm manufacturers based on a criminal shooting, the partial grant of Defendants' motions to dismiss is...

Thermacor Process, L.P. v. BASF Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a negligent misrepresentation action regarding allegedly defective piping insulation, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where no rational...

Morel v. Daimler-Chrysler AG

Civil Procedure, Product Liability
In a products liability action, district court's order applying Puerto Rico's relation-back rule and determining that the amended complaint did not...

Passante v. Agway Csmr. Prods., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a personal injury action based on an allegedly defective dock leveler, the Appellate Division's judgment dismissing Plaintiff's failure to warn and...

Abad v. Bayer Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action involving a products liability claim and the doctrine of forum non conveniens, district court judgment is affirmed where the court did...

Drobnak v. Anderson Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Product Liability
In a class action involving insulated glass products, district court's dismissal of plaintiff's claims is affirmed where: 1) the court did not err in...

Jaramillo v. Weyerhaeuser Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
On a certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the N.Y. Court of Appeals held that Defendant company that sold one of...

Dillon v. Cobra Power Corp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action based on an allegedly defective boat, judgment for Plaintiff is reversed, where the District Court erred by reversing the summary...

Bruesewitz v. Wyeth Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a design defect action, district court's grant of summary judgment is affirmed where: 1) the court did not err in granting defendant's motion as...