CAPRARA v. CHRYSLER CORP.


52 N.Y.2d 114 (1981)

Fausto Caprara, Respondent, v. Chrysler Corporation et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheila L. Birnbaum and William R. Meagher for appellants.

Robert M. Cohen, E. Stewart Jones, Sr., and Alfred C. Purello for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges GABRIELLI and WACHTLER concur with Judge FUCHSBERG; Judges JASEN, JONES and MEYER dissent and vote to reverse in a separate opinion.


FUCHSBERG, J.

Central to the issues on this appeal is the admissibility of proof of a postaccident design change in support of a products liability cause of action submitted to a jury on an alleged manufacturing defect.

The plaintiff, Fausto Caprara, received a verdict on each of two causes of action, one in negligence and the other in strict products liability...

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