Peterson v. Spartan Industries, Inc.

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered October 21, 1977, which granted plaintiffs’ motion to increase their *959ad damnum clause from $500,000 to $2,000,000, in an action in negligence, breach of warranty and strict products liability, unanimously reversed, on the law, on the facts, and in the exercise of discretion, with one bill of $40 costs and disbursements of this appeal to the defendants-appellants and the motion denied. On July 27, 1967, the plaintiff Joseph Peterson sustained severe multiple burns when engulfed in flames as a result of fuel escaping from an allegedly defective…