· 6/2/1933
Jewish National Workers Alliance of America v. Merchants Bank of New York
Citations
- 238 A.D. 395
- 264 N.Y.S. 654
- 1933 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 9510
How courts have described this case
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- “[T]he manufacturer is under a nondelegable duty to design and produce a product that is not defective ... as of the time the product leaves the manufacturer’s hands.” (internal citations and quotation marks omitted)
- “The substantial modification defense is intended to insulate manufacturers and others in the distribution chain from liability for injuries that would never have arisen but for the post-sale modification of a safety feature on an otherwise safe product.”
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Judges: Finch, Malley
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