HALLORAN v. VIRGINIA CHEMS.


41 N.Y.2d 386 (1977)

Frank Halloran et al., Respondents, v. Virginia Chemicals Incorporated, Appellant, and A & E Auto Glass & Service Corporation, Respondent. Virginia Chemicals Incorporated, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Crown Can Company et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 22, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. O'Brien, Rockville Centre, for appellant.

Hubert F. Sullivan, Jamaica, for Frank Halloran and another, respondents.

John J. Moore, New York City, for A & E Auto Glass & Service Corporation, respondent.

William F. McNulty, Joseph F. Onorato and Anthony J. McNulty, New York City, for Crown Can Company, third-party defendant-respondent.

Joseph D. Ahearn and J. Robert Morris, New York City, for Irving Frank, third-party defendant-respondent.

Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.


Chief Judge BREITEL.

Defendant Virginia Chemicals appeals in a personal injury products liability action. Plaintiff Frank Halloran, an automobile mechanic, obtained a verdict in his favor, after a jury trial on the issue of liability only, for injuries he sustained while using a can of refrigerant packaged and sold by the chemical company. A divided Appellate Division affirmed, and certified a question of law...

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