FIORINO v. SEARS ROEBUCK AND CO.


309 N.J. Super. 556 (1998)

THOMAS J. FIORINO AND EILEEN M. FIORINO, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. SEARS ROEBUCK AND COMPANY, INC., AND EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph DiRienzo, Sr. and Joseph DiRienzo, Jr., argued the cause for appellants (DiRienzo & Wallerstein, attorneys; Messrs. DiRienzo, on the brief).

Benjamin Luke Serra, argued the cause for respondents.

Before Judges DREIER, KEEFE and WECKER.


The opinion of the court was delivered by DREIER, P.J.A.D.

Defendants, Sears Roebuck & Company, the seller, and Emerson Electric Company, Inc., the manufacturer, appeal from a product liability judgment in favor of plaintiff, Thomas J. Fiorino, in the amount of $100,000, and his wife, Eileen M. Fiorino, for her per quod claim in the amount of $25,000. Plaintiff was injured when a Craftsman shredder-bagger, used to shred, bag or blow leaves, pivoted vertically...

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