Legal Opinion
Sukljian v. Charles Ross & Son Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 19, 1986PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
A corporation that sold a machine previously used in its own production as surplus property was not liable to remote purchasers either in strict products liability or in negligence, for injuries allegedly resulting from a defect in the machine, and should have been awarded summary judgment dismissing the complaint.
On February 26, 1978, plaintiffs son, employed in his father’s business (Ardex Corporation), injured his hand while cleaning the rollers of a high-speed, three-roll grinding mill. The mill had been manufactured and sold by Charles Ross & Son Company, Inc.…
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- Codling v. PagliaNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
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