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PLAINTIFF POLICE OFFICER WAS INJURED CHANGING THE CARBON DIOXIDE CARTRIDGE FOR AN ANIMAL TRANQUILIZER GUN; THE PRODUCTS LIABILITY CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST THE MANUFACTURER SURVIVED SUMMARY JUDGMENT; THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW 205-E/LABOR LAW 27-A CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST THE CITY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISMISSED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined the negligence and products liability causes of action against NASCO, the manufacturer of an animal tranquilizer gun, properly survived summary judgment, but the General Municipal Law/Labor Law action against the city and the NYPD should not have been dismissed. Plaintiff, a police officer, was injured changing the carbon dioxide cartridge for the gun:

NASCO’s expert … opined in mere conclusory fashion that the tranquilizer gun was “appropriately designed.” The affidavit did not, for example, contain any explanation of the gun’s design, or any discussion of industry standards or costs. Nor did it state whether NASCO had received complaints about any of the other tranquilizer guns it had sold. The conclusory affidavit was insufficient to affirmatively demonstrate, prima facie, that the gun was reasonably safe for its intended use … .

NASCO … failed to demonstrate, prima facie, that the plaintiff’s actions were the sole proximate cause of the subject accident … . Triable issues of fact existed, among other things, as to whether the plaintiff was given specific instructions by the NYPD that he failed to follow or whether he used a tool to remove the end cap. …

NASCO, which relied primarily on an instruction sheet produced by the NYPD that the plaintiff testified was never given to him, failed to meet its burden of establishing, prime facie, that the warnings provided to the NYPD were adequate, that no warnings were necessary, or that the failure to give the aforesaid warnings was not a proximate cause of the accident … .

…The City defendants failed to demonstrate their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing so much of the General Municipal Law § 205-e cause of action as was predicated upon Labor Law § 27-a. The City defendants failed to demonstrate, prima facie, that the tranquilizer gun, which was purchased by the NYPD in 1976, was not defective due to lack of proper maintenance, as alleged by the plaintiff … . Further “[r]ecovery under General Municipal Law § 205-e ‘does not require proof of such notice as would be necessary to a claim in common-law negligence'” … .”Rather, the plaintiff must only establish that the circumstances surrounding the violation indicate that it was a result of neglect, omission, or willful or culpable negligence on the defendant’s part” … . Morales v City of New York, 2021 NY Slip Op 02386, Second Dept 4-21-21

 

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