Legal Survival Newsletter - Vol. Manufacturers are liable for lack of air bags and seat belts. A car manufacturer can be sued in strict products liability for not including an air bag, according to the New York Court of Appeals. A manufacturer can also be sued for not installing a lap seat belt, according to the Texas Supreme Court. These claims are not preempted by the U.S. Motor Vehicle Safety Act, which gives all manufacturers the option of installing either an air bag or automatic seat belt.
State can tax all of nondomiciliary resident's income.
New York's tax on the investments of a New Jersey man, an investment banker who commuted daily to New York City, has been sustained by the New York Court of Appeals . He and his wife had permanent abodes in several states, including New York. He failed to show that he spent fewer than 184 days a year in New York. If a person is a New York resident, the state can use residency as a basis of taxing all of his income, including income from intangible investments such as interest and dividends which may lack a fixed geographical situs. A bank tried to collect a credit card debt by sending a letter from its in-house collection agency which is part of its retail services division.