Napier v. Safeguard Chemical Corp.

—Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Bertram Katz, J.), entered October 24, 1995, which, insofar as appealed from, denied defendant-appellant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing so much of the complaint as is based on claims of design or manufacturing defects, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover for personal injuries sustained by an explosion of a roach fogger canister manufactured by defendant, allegedly caused by a design or manufacturing defect in the can. On its motion for summary judgment, defendant supplied experts’ opinions that the product’s…