Carcone v. Gordon Heating & Air Conditioning Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in denying the motion of defendant R.L. Kistler, Inc. (Kistler) for summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ causes of action against it. The negligence cause of action is based upon the breakdown or nonperformance of "the product itself [and, therefore], the injury is properly characterized as 'economic loss’ and plaintiff is relegated to contractual remedies” (Hemming v Certainteed Corp., 97 AD2d 976; see, Bocre Leasing Corp. v General Motors Corp.,…
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