Summary
In Dailey v. Major Pool Equipment Corp., 30 N.Y.2d 846, 335 N.Y.S.2d 89, 286 N.E.2d 471 (1972), the Court held that the manufacturer of a swimming pool was not liable for injuries sustained by a 15 year old guest of the purchaser of the pool, where the guest had struck his head while diving from a diving board installed by the purchaser.
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Argued April 24, 1972
Decided June 7, 1972
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, MARSHALL E. LIVINGSTON, J.
William J. McDonald for appellant.
Samuel Chikovsky for respondents.
Orders reversed, without costs, and the complaint dismissed in a memorandum: Although manufacturers of dangerous devices are required to make them free from concealed hazards and latent defects ( Campo v. Scofield, 301 N.Y. 468, 471; cf. Inman v. Binghamton Housing Auth., 3 N.Y.2d 137; Sarnoff v. Charles Schad, Inc., 22 N.Y.2d 180), there has been no showing that there was anything defective or inherently dangerous about the swimming pool which was the scene of the accident. The record is absolutely barren of any evidence of negligence on the part of the manufacturer (see Telek v. Maszcaenski, 248 Md. 476). Its instructions entitled "Choosing The Proper Size Swimming Pool" sufficiently advised all prospective consumers of reasonable intelligence that a square hopper pool would not be suitable for a diving board and under these circumstances it was not foreseeable that the purchaser would fail to heed the limitations of such a pool (see McLaughlin v. Mine Safety Appliances Co., 11 N.Y.2d 62, 71-72) and subject plaintiff to possible injury.
Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.