Legal Opinion
Krohn v. Agway Petroleum Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 27, 1990PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Yesawich, Jr., J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Best, J.), entered February 14, 1990 in Montgomery County, which, inter alia, denied defendants’ motions for partial summary judgment on plaintiff Walter Krohn’s claim for punitive damages.
Ten-year-old plaintiff Walter Krohn (hereinafter plaintiff) and his friend filled a carved Halloween pumpkin with gasoline and ignited it, causing burns to plaintiff. The two boys obtained the gasoline from a gas pump and storage tank on a farm owned by the friend’s parents.
Plaintiff, by his father, and the latter individually, initiated this suit…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Halpin v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Le Mistral, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting SystemAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- Lugo v. LJN Toys, Ltd.New York Court of Appeals · 1990
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