Petroleum Service Co. v. Steel City Painting Co.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of plaintiff, entered November 9, 1984 in Greene County, upon a decision of the court at Trial Term (Conway, J.), without a jury.

Defendant Steel City Painting Company, Inc. (Steel City) contracted with defendant New York State Thruway Authority to paint three bridges. The approved paint was manufactured by defendant Valvoline Company,* * a division of Ashland Oil Company, Inc. A Valvoline product information sheet represented that one coat of paint, applied at a wet mil thickness of 11 to 15, would dry to a thickness of 5 to 7 mils. In…