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MAGRINE v. KRASNICA

94 N.J. Super. 228 (1967)

227 A.2d 539

FRANCES MAGRINE AND ALFRED MAGRINE, PLAINTIFFS, v. VINCENT KRASNICA, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson County Court, Law Division.

Decided March 6, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lewis M. Holland argued the cause for plaintiffs (Messrs. Warren, Chasan, Leyner & Holland, attorneys).

Mr. Robert E. Tarleton argued the cause for defendant (Messrs. Beggans and Keale, attorneys; Messrs. Frohling and Gaulkin, of counsel).

LYNCH, J.S.C. (temporarily assigned).

The novelty of this case lies in the attempt by plaintiff,1 a patient of defendant dentist, to extend the rule of "strict liability"2 against defendant for personal injuries caused by the breaking of a hypodermic needle in plaintiff's jaw while being used by defendant in an injection procedure. The break was due to a latent defect in the needle.

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