NAPIER v. SAFEGUARD CHEM. CORP.


224 A.D.2d 310 (1996)

638 N.Y.S.2d 40

Dixie Napier, Respondent, v. Safeguard Chemical Corporation, Appellant, et al., Defendant

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

February 20, 1996


Plaintiff brought this action to recover for personal injuries sustained by an explosion of a roach fogger canister manufactured by defendant, allegedly caused by a design or manufacturing defect in the can. On its motion for summary judgment, defendant supplied experts' opinions that the product's properties could not have caused plaintiff's injuries, that the cause of the explosion had to be exposure to a flame or an ignition source such as a stove pilot light, and that...

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