Godoy v. Abamaster of Miami, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Townes, J.
In this products liability action, the issue, which appears to be one not previously presented to this Court, is whether the distributor of a defective product is entitled to indemnification from an importer/distributor of the product which is higher in the chain of distribution, where both are strictly liable in tort to the plaintiff.
The plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages for the loss of all four fingers on her right hand, an injury sustained while she was operating a manually fed, electrically-powered commercial meat grinder. The plaintiff…
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