Legal Opinion
Dominguez v. Fixrammer Corp.
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 11, 1997PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lucindo Suarez, J.
Motion by plaintiff Hippolito Dominguez to restructure the verdict.
Plaintiff commenced this action to recover for injuries sustained while operating a power stud gun in the course of installing a wall for his employer. Creative Structures, Inc., where a ricocheting stud caused plaintiff to lose a testicle. The gun, purchased by plaintiff for his employer nine years earlier, was manufactured by Fixrammer Corporation and distributed and sold to plaintiff by Barnett Lighting Corporation. After trial, the jury awarded plaintiffs $800,000, and apportioned…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Williams v. NiskeNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- Zakshevsky v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1990
- Washington v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1994
3Cited by4 opinions
- Town of Oyster Bay v. Occidental Chemical Corp.District Court, E.D. New York · 1997
- Tancredi v. ACandS, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 2002
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- Medina v. Chile Communications, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 2006