{"id":2702,"date":"2020-03-10T20:08:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T00:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2020-03-10T20:08:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T00:08:54","slug":"new-york-court-affirms-dismissal-of-product-liability-lawsuit-involving-remote-control-boom-crane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-affirms-dismissal-of-product-liability-lawsuit-involving-remote-control-boom-crane\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Court Affirms Dismissal of Product Liability Lawsuit Involving Remote Control Boom Crane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a Syracuse product liability lawsuit, the plaintiff may have multiple theories of liability &#8211; design defect, failure to warn, negligence, etc. Because several different entities in the supply chain may be held liable, these types of cases may have multiple defendants, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Often, one or more defendants will seek to have the case dismissed as to them. Depending upon how the court rules on these motions, the case may proceed to trial against a single defendant or multiple defendants, or it may be dismissed entirely. The testimony of expert witnesses is often crucial in these cases, as the plaintiff must be able to show that there is enough evidence for the case to proceed to trial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts of the Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs in a <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/new-york\/appellate-division-third-department\/2020\/528675.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent case<\/a> were a man who was allegedly pinned and crushed due to a malfunctioning remote control device that was used to operate a boom crane. The plaintiff, joined by his wife, filed suit against several entities that they believed were responsible for the manufacturing, distribution, and sale of the device, asserting claims for strict liability and breach of warranty. After the man died in 2016, his wife continued the action both individually and as the administratrix of his estate, adding wrongful death and conscious pain and suffering causes of actions.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-affirms-dismissal-of-product-liability-lawsuit-involving-remote-control-boom-crane\/#more-2702\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a Syracuse product liability lawsuit, the plaintiff may have multiple theories of liability &#8211; design defect, failure to warn, negligence, etc. Because several different entities in the supply chain may be held liable, these types of cases may have multiple defendants, as well. Often, one or more defendants will seek to have the case [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defective-products","category-wrongful-death"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New York Court Affirms Dismissal of Product Liability Lawsuit Involving Remote Control Boom Crane &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; March 10, 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a Syracuse product liability lawsuit, the plaintiff may have multiple theories of liability - design defect, failure to warn, negligence, etc. Because &#8212; March 10, 2020\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/new-york-court-affirms-dismissal-of-product-liability-lawsuit-involving-remote-control-boom-crane\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"New York Court Affirms Dismissal of Product Liability Lawsuit Involving Remote Control Boom Crane &#8212; 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