FREY v. ROCKFORD SAFETY EQUIP. CO.


154 A.D.2d 899 (1989)

Mary Frey, Appellant, v. Rockford Safety Equipment Company et al., Respondents Rockford Safety Equipment Company, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Qualitrol Corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent

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

October 6, 1989


Order unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum:

The court properly granted summary judgment to defendants, the manufacturers of two safety components incorporated into a punch press, on the ground that plaintiff's employer had modified and in fact defeated the purpose of the safety components, thus causing plaintiff's injury. A manufacturer may not be cast in damages, either for negligence or for products liability, where, after the product leaves the...

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