Legal Opinion
Amatulli v. Delhi Construction Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 2, 1991PublishedCited by 186 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Alexander, J.
We again are confronted with questions concerning the liability of the manufacturer, distributor and owner of a swimming pool for injuries sustained by a plaintiff who executed a headfirst dive into the pool. The pool was four feet deep, and was designed, manufactured and marketed for installation above ground. However, it was installed with two feet of the pool sunken into the ground and a deck built partially around the pool which gave it the appearance of an in-ground pool.
On September 11, 1983, Vincent Amatulli, Jr., who was then 16 years old, sustained…
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