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· 6/7/2001

532 Madison Avenue Gourmet Foods, Inc. v. Finlandia Center, Inc.

Citations

  • 750 N.E.2d 1097
  • 96 N.Y.2d 280
  • 727 N.Y.S.2d 49

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that federal courts must generally follow decisions of the Appellate Divisions
  • noting that the limitation imposed “affords a principled basis for reasonably apportioning liability”
  • dismissing negligence claims based solely on economic loss as \fall[ing] beyond the scope of the duty owed [plaintiffs] by defendants\
  • upholding dismissal of private nuisance claim \because plaintiff could not show that the harm threatened only one person or relatively few\
  • upholding dismissal of private nuisance claim \because plaintiff could not show that the harm threatened only one person or relatively few\
  • noting that the economic loss doctrine reflects “[p]olicy-driven line-drawing”

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Judges: Kaye

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