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DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THIS FARM EQUIPMENT PRODUCTS LIABILITY ACTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined that defendants’ motion for summary judgment in this products liability action should have been granted. Plaintiff “was working inside of a piece of farm equipment known as a grain cart, she lost her footing and her right leg became caught in a rotating auger.” A steel safety guard covering the auger had apparently been removed:

… [T]he Killbros defendants submitted the affidavit of an expert, which was incorporated by reference into Bentley’s moving papers, who opined that plaintiff’s injuries would not have occurred if the steel safety guard had not been removed. …

Defendants established their entitlement to summary judgment dismissing the strict products liability causes of action insofar as they are predicated on a design defect theory by submitting evidence that the product was reasonably safe … . The Killbros defendants’ expert averred that the steel safety guard was manufactured in accordance with industry standards, was designed to last the life of the product, and was “state of the art” inasmuch as it was permanently welded to the interior of the grain cart and could not be removed except by using an acetylene torch or other such heavy-duty tool … . …

… [T]he Killbros defendants are entitled to summary judgment dismissing the cause of action against them alleging negligent design and manufacture. “[I]nasmuch as there is almost no difference between a prima facie case in negligence and one in strict liability,” we conclude that plaintiffs similarly failed to raise an issue of fact with respect to their cause of action for negligent design and manufacture … . Beechler v Kill Bros. Co., 2019 NY Slip Op 01993, Fourth Dept 3-15-19

 

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