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DEFENDANT MANUFACTURER AND RETAILER SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AWARDED SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON THE DESIGN DEFECT, FAILURE TO WARN AND IMPLIED WARRANTY CAUSES OF ACTION; PLAINTIFF WAS INJURED USING A “HOVERBOARD” (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined summary judgment should not have been awarded to the manufacturer and retailer of a “hoverboard” on the products liability (design defect), failure to warn and implied warranty causes of action. Plaintiff alleged she was using the hoverboard in accordance with the instructions and was injured. The expert affidavit provided by the defendants was conclusory and did not eliminate questions of fact on the design defect cause of action:

A defendant moving for summary judgment dismissing a design defect cause of action must establish, prima facie, that the subject product was reasonably safe for its intended use or that the plaintiff’s actions constituted the sole proximate cause of his or her injuries … .

The defendants’ expert, in his affidavit, opined in mere conclusory fashion that the hoverboard was not defectively designed, without providing any explanation of the hoverboard’s design, or any discussion of industry standards or costs. Nor did the expert state whether the defendants had received complaints about any of the other hoverboards they had sold. The conclusory affidavit was insufficient to affirmatively demonstrate, prima facie, that the hoverboard was reasonably safe for its intended use … . LaScala v QVC, 2022 NY Slip Op 00305. Second Dept 1-19-22

 

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