BECKER & CO v. KESSLER MOTOR


135 Misc.2d 1069 (1987)

Stuart Becker & Co., P. C., Plaintiff, v. Steven Kessler Motor Cars, Inc., et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

June 11, 1987


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hartman & Craven (Gary Alexander Stahl of counsel), for plaintiff. Stecher, Jaglon & Prutzman (Josiah Greenberg of counsel), for Maserati Automobiles Inc., defendant. Kimmelman, Sexter & Sobel (Richard L. Herzfeld of counsel), for Steven Kessler Motor Cars, Inc., and others, defendants.


NORMAN C. RYP, J.

A. ISSUES:

(1) Whether the doctrine of privity bars recovery by an automobile's lessee of economic losses under the manufacturers' implied warranty?

(2) Whether the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act protects a corporate lessee, with an option to purchase, with a mixed personal-corporate use?

Two issues of first impression in the First Department.

Plaintiff, Stuart...

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