Legal Opinion
Rezucha v. Garlock Mechanical Packing Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 23, 1993PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Robert S. Rose, J.
In this products liability action, plaintiff seeks to recover damages for the injuries and wrongful death of her husband, Richard Rezucha, who was burned and ultimately killed by contact with super-heated water while adjusting a gasket seal on a heat exchanger at the State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY) on December 31, 1990.
At the time of the accident, plaintiff’s decedent was employed by SUNY as a stationary engineer and was working with co-workers in replacing the gasket seal with a new, nonasbestos gasket material manufactured by defendant…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sommer v. Federal Signal Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1992
- Monell v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Ryan v. BeaversAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Zakshevsky v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1990
- Allstate Insurance v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1991
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- In Re Joint E. & S. Dist. Asbestos LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1995
- Findley v. FaliseDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1995
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