Case Name: Irving Block, Respondent, v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., Inc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1937-01-15
Citations: 162 Misc. 325
Docket Number: 
Parties: Irving Block, Respondent, v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., Inc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 162
Pages: 325–325

Head Matter:
Irving Block, Respondent, v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., Inc., Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
January 15, 1937.
Townsend & Lewis [Dallas S. Townsend of counsel], for the appellant.
Max M. Nassau, for the respondent.
Revg. 163 Misc. 858.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We are of the opinion that cigarettes are not within the class of dangerous articles which render their manufacturer liable to strangers for a defect such as is complained of here. (Jaroniec v. Hasselbarth, Inc., 223 App. Div. 182; Byers v. Flushovalve Co., 160 N. Y. Supp. 1050; affd., 178 App. Div. 894; Hasbrouck v. Armour & Company, 139 Wis. 357; 121 N. W. 157.)
Judgment reversed, with thiity dollars costs, and judgment directed for defendant, with costs.
Lydon and Hammer, JJ., concur; Levy, J., dissents.