· 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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