Cereo v. Takigawa Kogyo Co.

—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: In this products liability action, Supreme Court properly denied the motion of defendant Reliance Electric Industrial Company (Reliance) for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. The accident occurred in May 1990 while John A. Cereo (plaintiff) was repairing a rolling mill bar handling machine with a leaky air line. When someone turned off the power at an operating panel, a pneumatically controlled roller returned to an “up” position and crushed plaintiff’s foot. Plaintiffs contend that Reliance negligently redesigned the machine’s…