Legal Opinion
Caruloff v. Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 23, 1970No. 64 Civ. 2130PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOPER, District Judge.
On November 26, 1969, following a trial lasting more than two weeks of this diversity action, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff Caruloff against defendant Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp. (Emerson) in the amount of $300,000 as damages for injuries suffered by plaintiff when a retainer wire spring on a television tuner he was attempting to service sprang into his eye.
Plaintiff alleged two separate causes of action against Emerson: First, that Emerson was negligent either because the design of the retainer wire spring was unsafe or because Emerson…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Mendel v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Massachusetts Bonding & Ins. v. Dingle-Clark Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1943
- Wolverine Insurance Co. v. Tower Iron Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1966
- Delta Tank Manufacturing Co. v. Weatherhead Co.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1957
- Jackson v. Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
3Cited by5 opinions
- Drayton Ex Rel. Drayton v. Jiffee Chemical Corp.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1975
- Jones v. Bender Welding & Machine Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Joseph E. Dowdell v. U.S. Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- Thomas G. Caruloff v. Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation, and Third-Party v. Standard Kollsman Industries, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Harold R. Jones v. Bender Welding & Machine Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978