Legal Opinion

Gordon v. General Electric Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 16, 1996Published

1Opinion of the Court

—In a products liability action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Kramer, J.), entered August 21, 1995, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The law is well settled that where, as here, a defendant *419meets its initial burden of establishing its entitlement to summary judgment, the burden shifts to the plaintiff to "produce evidentiary proof in admissible form sufficient to require a trial of material questions of fact”…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. Smith v. CafieroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  3. Reyes v. Rentar DevelopmentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

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