Legal Opinion
Liriano v. Hobart Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 2, 1998No. Nos. 683, 709, Docket 96-9641, 97-7449PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
Luis Liriano, a seventeen-year-old. employee in the meat department at Super Associated grocery store (“Super”), was injured on the job in September 1993 when he was feeding meat into a commercial meat grinder whose safety guard had been removed. His hand was caught in the “worm” that grinds the meat; as a result, his right hand and lower forearm were amputated.
The meat grinder was manufactured and sold in 1961 by Hobart Corporation (“Hobart”). At the’ time of the sale, it had an affixed safety guard that prevented the user’s hands from coming into…
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Joseph v. Tinelli, Sr. v. Frank E. Redl and Hankin, Hanig, Stall & CaplickiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- Cacciola v. Selco Balers, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2001
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