Stiles v. Batavia Atomic Horseshoes, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and plaintiff’s cause of action in strict products liability dismissed.

Plaintiff sustained injuries while operating a punch press owned by his employer third-party defendant Records Reserve Corp. Records Reserve had purchased the press in used condition from defendant Batavia Atomic Horseshoes. In awarding damages to plaintiff, the jury concluded that Batavia was a regular seller of used goods and thus, under the court’s instructions, accountable to plaintiff under the theory of strict products…