Charter Oak Fire Insurance v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

JOSEPH F. BIANCO, District Judge:

Plaintiff the Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company as subrogee of Hulis and Saliha Mavruk (“Charter Oak” or “plaintiff’), brought this action against Electrolux Home Products, Inc. (“Electrolux” or “defendant”), claiming that Electrolux’s design of its dryers is defective. Charter Oak alleges theories of strict liability and negligence. Specifically, Charter Oak claims that Electrolux’s core dryer design has a fundamental design defect, namely, that lint accumulates in a heater pan behind the dryer drum which ultimately ignites by either the…