Jackson v. Corning Glass Works

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice

This case comes before us on an appeal by the defendant, Corning Glass Works (Corning), from a judgment entered in the Superior Court in the amount of $804,-892.17 (including interest to the date of the judgment) in favor of the plaintiff, Kenneth P. Jackson, who had lost the sight in his right eye as a result of being struck by a shard of glass from a shattered Pyrex glass bowl cover manufactured by Corning. We reverse. The facts of the case insofar as pertinent to this appeal are as follows.

The plaintiff had purchased a number of Corning Ware bowls, which were…