Legal Opinion
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. v. Ferranti-Packard Transformers, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 19, 1993PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Joseph Gerace, J.
FACTS
On March 24, 1986, plaintiff purchased 14 transformers from defendant Ferranti-Packard and installed them in various locations in several public and business office buildings.
Three years later (July 31, 1989) an electrical fire occurred in one of the transformers located in the New York Telephone Building, causing extensive property damage.
On January 2, 1991, 18 months after the New York Telephone fire, a second transformer failed and caught fire in the Rath County Office Building in Buffalo, causing damage to an adjacent transformer as well.
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