FELIX v. AKZO NOBEL COATINGS, INC.


262 A.D.2d 447 (1999)

692 N.Y.S.2d 413

EVANIS FELIX, Respondent, v. AKZO NOBEL COATINGS, INC., Appellant, et al., Defendants.

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

Decided June 14, 1999.


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion is granted, and so much of the complaint as sought to recover damages based upon the theory of design defect is dismissed.

The plaintiff was injured while applying a quick-drying lacquer sealer to the floor of an apartment when the vapors from the lacquer came into contact with the pilot light of the kitchen stove and erupted in flames. The defendant Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc. (hereinafter Akzo...

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