WECHT v. DIAL CHEVROLET INC.


173 A.D.2d 328 (1991)

Robert G. Wecht et al., Respondents, v. Dial Chevrolet Inc. et al., Appellants General Motors Corporation, Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Imperial News Co., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant. Dial Chevrolet Inc., Second Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Boyertown Auto Body Works, Inc., Second Third-Party Defendant-Appellant

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

May 21, 1991


Plaintiff's foot was crushed in the narrow foot-well of the truck in which he was driving when the truck collided with the pole. At the trial of this products liability action against the manufacturers of the vehicle, and third-party actions, the IAS Court properly declined to charge the jury on the issue of crashworthiness, also known as the second collision doctrine (see, e.g., Garcia v Rivera,

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