· 3/23/1945
Miss Susan, Inc. v. Enterprise & Century Undergarment Co.
Citations
- 269 A.D. 70
- 53 N.Y.S.2d 754
How courts have described this case
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- holding that to recover for damages caused by a defective product, the defect must have been a substantial factor in creating the damages
- where plaintiffs expert’s affidavit contained “only bare conelusory assertions in respect to industry-wide knowledge ..., it was insufficient to raise a triable issue of fact” to defeat summary judgment on failure to warn claim
- Titone, /., dissenting in part and concurring in part
- “A manufacturer who places into the stream of commerce a defective product which causes injury may be liable for such injury. A defect in a product may consist of a mistake in manufacturing, an improper design or the inadequacy or absence of warnings for the use of the product.”
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