Court Opinion

ID: 5753780
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 17:02:50.72389+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:41:21.560084
License: Public Domain

Judgment in an action for negligence and breach of warranty, in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $10,226, unanimously modified, on the law and on the facts, to the extent of dismissing the complaint against defendant-appellant I. Posner, Inc., with $50 costs to said defendant-appellant, and, as so modified, affirmed, with $50 costs to plaintiff-respondent-appellant. No actionable negligence or breach of warranty was established against defendant-appellant I. Posner, Inc. Plaintiff relies on the failure of said defendant-appellant to give adequate warning of the inflammable propensity of its product. The professional gallon jar involved bore the legend “ keep away from open flame.” The evidence is that the danger was known to the user, an experienced beautician. Where the danger is known to the user, no warning of the danger is required. {Howard Stores Corp. v. Pope, 1 N Y 2d 110, 115; Bosebrock v. General Elec. Co., 236 N. Y. 227, 237-238.) In the circumstances, we find it unnecessary at this time to decide whether the legend was sufficient. (See Kaempfe v. LeJm é Fink Prods. Corp., 21 A D 2d 197.) Concur — Yalente, J. P., McNally, Stevens, Eager and Steuer, JJ.