CANTY v. EVER-LAST SUPPLY CO.


296 N.J. Super. 68 (1996)

CARRIE CANTY, AS ADMINISTRATRIX AD PROSEQUENDUM OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH CANTY, CARRIE CANTY, INDIVIDUALLY, AND SAMUEL CANTY, PLAINTIFFS, v. EVER-LAST SUPPLY CO., HARVESTER CHEMICAL CO., INC. (A/K/A HARVESTER CHEMICALS INC.), CARY DORSI AND AKZO NOBEL COATING INC., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Essex County.

Decided July 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc S. Klein, for plaintiffs (Sills, Cummis, Zuckerman, Tischman, Epstein & Gross, attorneys).

Paul A. Spina, for defendant, Harvester Chemical Co., Inc., (Paul Seligman, attorneys).

Lee Henig-Elona, for defendant, Akzo Nobel Coating Inc. (Hannoch & Weisman, attorneys).

Stephen L. Hopkins, for defendant, Ever-Last Supply Co., (Braff, Harris & Sukonek, attorneys).

David L. Wikstrom, for defendant, Cary Dorsi (Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski, attorneys).


JULIO M. FUENTES, J.S.C.

In August 1993, plaintiff Joseph Canty was killed and his son, Samuel, was severely injured when vapors from a lacquer floor sealant they had applied to a hardwood floor suddenly burst into flames. Plaintiffs commenced this wrongful death and personal injury action contending that the accident and plaintiffs' injuries were caused by defendants' failure to provide adequate warnings or instructions on the lacquer product.

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