Legal Opinion
Haran v. Union Carbide Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 3, 1986PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, with costs, and a new trial granted.
This products liability action was brought for injuries sustained by one of the plaintiffs after being sprayed with insect repellent manufactured by defendant. Plaintiffs, alleging that ethyl alcohol fumes from the insect repellent ignited upon a discharge of static electricity from a television set, claim both that defendant’s product was defectively designed and that defendant failed adequately to warn of the dangers in using the product.
At trial, evidence was admitted…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Voss v. Black & Decker Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Matott v. WardNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Cover v. CohenNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Bolm v. Triumph Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- Opera v. Hyva, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
3Cited by11 opinions
- Liriano v. Hobart Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1998
- Cramer v. KuhnsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
- Perazone v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Ake v. General Motors Corp.District Court, W.D. New York · 1996
- Power v. Crown Equipment Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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