Abramo v. Navistar International Transportation Corp.

Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Charles N. Abramo (plaintiff) suffered injuries when the cuff of his pants became caught in the raised portion of a step, known as a grip tab, of a truck manufactured by defendant, Navistar International Transportation Corp. (Navistar), causing him to fall. Navistar admitted that it had received complaints about the grip tab from its own assembly line workers and from other customers, and that it had redesigned the grip tab in later models in response to those complaints. Plaintiffs demanded that Navistar produce all recall notices for the…