Meckert v. Sears Roebuck & Co.

—In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for wrongful death arising from strict products liability, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Orange County (Owen, J.), dated April 14, 2000, which granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is denied, and the complaint is reinstated.

The plaintiff alleges that in October 1993, her decedent Edward Nault was killed in a fire and her decedent Kathryn Nault was injured in the same fire. The plaintiff contends that the fire…