Legal Opinion
Slater v. American Mineral Spirits Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 27, 1974PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJones, J.
The principle of apportionment of liability articulated in Dole v. Dow Chem. Co. (30 N Y 2d 143) is not available on application to reopen issues otherwise finally concluded merely because other aspects of litigation arising out of the same event are still pending in the judicial process.
On September 13, 1968 James Duffy had driven a Red Star Express tractor-trailer combination to the unloading platform at the Elmgrove Road plant of Eastman Kodak. Decedent Slater and plaintiffs Smith and Willmott, all employees of Eastman Kodak, were unloading castings consigned to Eastman Kodak when the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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