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LIRIANO v. HOBART CORP.

Nos. 683, 709, Docket 96-9641, 97-7449.

132 F.3d 124 (1998)

Luis LIRIANO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HOBART CORPORATION, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, 616 Melrose Meat Corporation, s/h/a Super Associated, Third-Party-Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 2, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Prystowsky, Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer, New York City, (Robert D. Monnin, Saul Wilensky, of counsel) (Thompson Hine & Flory, L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, of counsel), for Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant.

William M. Kimball, New York, City (James P. O'Connor, of counsel), for Third-Party-Defendant-Appellant.

Abby J. Resnick, Trolman Glaser & Lichtman, New York City, (Brian J. Isaac, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: NEWMAN, CALABRESI, CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

Luis Liriano, a seventeen-year-old employee in the meat department at Super Associated grocery store ("Super"), was injured on the job in September 1993 when he was feeding meat into a commercial meat grinder whose safety guard had been removed. His hand was caught in the "worm" that grinds the meat; as a result, his right hand and lower forearm were amputated.

The meat grinder was manufactured and sold in...

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