Legal Opinion
Miller v. Akronchem Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 31, 2000PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Lorraine Miller, J.), entered June 17, 1999, which granted defendants-respondents’ motions and cross-motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against them, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Although a negligence plaintiff need not show the precise cause of the alleged damages (see, Millerman v Georgia Pac. Corp., 214 AD2d 362, 363), there must be evidence linking the injury to a defendant (see, Silverstein v Walsh Press & Die Co., 119 AD2d 658, 659-660), and, in a product liability case, to a manufacturer’s defectively designed product…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Voss v. Black & Decker Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Dollas v. W.R. Grace & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
- Baker v. R.T. Vanderbilt Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Silverstein v. Walsh Press & Die Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- Millerman v. Georgia Pacific Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
3Cited by2 opinions
- Miller v. Amerada Hess Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- Miller v. Amerada Hess Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000