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TAVARES v. HOBART WASTE COMPACTOR, INC.

151 A.D.2d 251 (1989)

Francisco Tavares, Respondent, v. Hobart Waste Compactor, Inc., True Name Hobart Corporation, Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, and Southern Equipment Corp. et al., Respondents. Interstate United Corporation et al., Third-Party Defendants-Respondents, et al., Third-Party Plaintiff

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

June 6, 1989

Defendant and third-party plaintiff Hobart manufactured a waste compactor equipped with a retractable discharge chute intended to block a user from inserting his hand into the machine, and an interlock switch which would prevent the compactor from being activated if the chute is raised. The machine was sold by Hobart to its present owner in 1973. On March 7, 1985, 12 years later, plaintiff sustained serious injuries when his left...

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