Armstrong v. Cione

How courts have described this case

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• finding that a metal panel attached to a roof was part of the building and, therefore, not a “product” within the meaning of section 402A of the Restatement
• concluding a shower door in a rented apartment was not a product for purposes of strict liability analysis, in part because the shower door was “an integral part of the structure of the apartment building”
• barring recovery against manufacturer or distributor by applying comparative negligence principles would result in inefficient economic incentives to produce safe products and would place a cost for partially unsafe products on the consumer
• barring recovery against manufacturer or distributor by applying comparative negligence principles would result in inefficient economic incentives to produce safe products and would place a cost for partially unsafe products on the consumer
• jury verdicts finding negligence but not breach of warranty of habitability affirmed, because unsafe condition did not render apartment uninhabitable
• jury verdicts finding negligence but not breach of warranty of habitability affirmed, because unsafe condition did not render apartment uninhabitable

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