Legal Opinion

Lynn v. Haybuster Manufacturing, Inc.

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided July 6, 1993No. 14665PublishedCited by 94 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKatz, J.

The sole issue certified1 to this court is whether, in an action brought pursuant to the Product Liability Act (act); General Statutes § 52-572m et *284seq.;2 a claim for loss of consortium by the spouse of an injured party is barred. We conclude that it is not.

*285The record certified by the District Court discloses the following facts. On January 30, 1991, the named plaintiff, Dennis Lynn, allegedly sustained work related injuries while demonstrating an industrial grinder, the *286Haybuster Model I.G.10, that had been manufactured by the defendant, Haybuster Manufacturing, Inc. As a result of the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Mingachos v. CBS, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
  2. Sanzone v. Board of Police CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
  3. Daily v. New Britain Machine Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
  4. Hopson v. St. Mary's HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
  5. Floyd v. Fruit Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1957

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3Cited by94 opinions

  1. Dodd v. Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
  2. Elliott v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
  3. Alvarez v. New Haven Register, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
  4. Annamarie Lamontagne, Doreen A. Festa and Susan B. Pregler v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
  5. Vitanza v. Upjohn Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2001

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