Legal Opinion
Greenberg v. Lorenz
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided September 25, 1958PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHopstadter, J.
This case poses the challenging question whether an infant may maintain an action for damages for breach of the implied warranty of fitness for consumption where food was purchased by her parent.
The defendants conduct a neighborhood store at which the father of the infant plaintiff, Sheila, then 15 years old, on his way home at the end of his day’s work purchased a can of brand-name salmon. The salmon was served at the evening meal on the day of its purchase to the family, consisting of Sheila and her parents. Concealed and imbedded in a piece of this salmon into which Sheila bit, was a metal…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Ultramares Corp. v. ToucheNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Glanzer v. . ShepardNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
- Woods v. LancetNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
- Ryan v. Progressive Grocery Stores, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1931
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
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- Mull v. Colt Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1962
- Addeo v. Metropolitan Bottling Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1963
- Monaco v. Chrysler Sales Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1961
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