Legal Opinion
Burns v. Haines Equipment, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 8, 2001PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Plaintiff was injured when her right thumb was caught in an exposed moving chain of the loading machine that she was operating. The loading machine was manufactured by defendant Haines Equipment, Inc. (Haines), owned by defendant Lynn Schafer, d/b/a Hill Range Farm, and leased by third-party defendant Ronald Kern and Sons, plaintiffs employer.
Schafer moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint against him. Plaintiff cross-moved to amend the complaint “to plead more specifically a cause of action based upon negligence” and for…
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- Amatulli v. Delhi Construction Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1991
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