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PLACE v. FED. PAC. ELEC. CO.

241 A.D.2d 317 (1997)

659 N.Y.S.2d 29

Robert Place et al., Appellants, v. Federal Pacific Electric Co., Respondent. (And a Third-Party Action.)

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

July 1, 1997

Plaintiff was injured when an electrical switch box manufactured by the defendant exploded as he attempted to open it to turn it off. The switch supplied power to a broken circuit breaker at a job site. When functioning properly, the switch box is designed so that a handle on its door also controls the power. When this handle is turned down to the off position, contact blades, which connect to the fuses inside the box, disengage...

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