MEAD v. WARNER PRUYN


57 A.D.2d 340 (1977)

C. Alden Mead, as Administrator of The Estate of Claude D. Mead, Deceased, et al., Respondents, v. Warner Pruyn Division, Finch Pruyn Sales, Inc., Appellant, et al., Defendants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

May 19, 1977


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter, Conboy, Bardwell, Case & Blackmore (William P. Soronen, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.

LaPann, Reardon, FitzGerald & Firth (Peter D. FitzGerald of counsel), for respondents.

Bond, Schoeneck & King (Michael P. Shanley of counsel), for Onondaga Supply Company, Inc., defendant.

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett (George M. Newcombe of counsel), for Frigidaire Sales Corporation, defendant.

GREENBLOTT, J. P., SWEENEY, MAIN and LARKIN, JJ., concur.


HERLIHY, J.

Plaintiffs seek damages for the wrongful deaths of their decedents. On August 20, 1971 the appellant Warner Pruyn Division, Finch Pruyn Sales, Inc., sold a refrigerator to a Mr. and Mrs. Ross. On October 15, 1973 Mr. and Mrs. Ross sold their residence, including the refrigerator, to Claude D. and JoAnn Ross Mead. On August 29, 1975 a fire at the Mead residence caused the deaths of the plaintiffs' intestates. The plaintiffs have alleged that...

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