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DEFENDANT MANUFACTURER DID NOT ELIMINATE QUESTIONS OF FACT WHETHER THE SNOW THROWER WAS DEFECTIVELY DESIGNED AND WHETHER WARNINGS WERE ADEQUATE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined defendant snow-thrower manufacturer’s motion for summary judgment in this products liability case should not have been granted. Plaintiff alleged he turned off the snow thrower before placing his hand inside the mechanism in an attempt to clean out a blockage. The impeller was allegedly still spinning at that point and two of plaintiff’s fingers were amputated. Plaintiffs’ expert opined that a $20 clean-out tool should have been provided. The defendant failed to eliminate questions of fact about whether the snow thrower was defective and whether the warnings were adequate:

According to the plaintiffs’ expert, a clean-out tool “would have been technologically and economically feasible to include with the snow [thrower] in 1983” since the defendant manufactured a clean-out tool costing approximately $20 that was sold in Germany in 1983 as part of a “safety kit.” Based on the foregoing, the defendant failed to establish its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing the causes of action sounding in negligence and strict products liability based on design defect.

… [A]lthough the defendant submitted evidence that certain warnings were placed on the snow thrower and in the owner’s manual, the defendant failed to establish, prima facie, that it adequately warned users that the impeller may continue to rotate after the engine is turned off … . The defendant also failed to establish, prima facie, that the plaintiff was aware of the danger of putting his hand inside the discharge chute after turning off the engine, or that he would not have heeded more prominent or express warnings on the snow thrower … . Samyn v Ariens Co., 2019 NY Slip Op 08435 [177 AD3d 917], Second Dept 11-20-19

 

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