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SAGE v. FAIRCHILD-SWEARINGEN

70 N.Y.2d 579 (1987)

Joan Sage, Appellant, v. Fairchild-Swearingen Corporation, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent; Broome County Aviation, Inc., Third-Party Defendant; Commuter Airlines, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anna K. Holmberg for appellant.

Carol K. Young and Marshall S. Turner for defendant and third-party plaintiff-respondent.

Nathaniel F. Knappen for third-party defendant-respondent.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

SIMONS, J.

Plaintiff, Joan Sage, an employee of third-party defendant Commuter Airlines, Inc., was injured while working in an aircraft owned by Commuter and manufactured by defendant Fairchild-Swearingen Corporation. The accident happened after plaintiff finished unloading baggage from the aircraft and attempted to lower herself from the cargo compartment. While doing so, she caught her finger on a hanger or...

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