Court Reduces Damages but Upholds Verdict Finding Crane Co. Liable for 3rd-Party Products

NEW YORK –– A New York trial court has reduced a $32 million verdict to $8 million but upheld Crane Co.’s liability for gaskets and packing manufactured by third parties, opining that there was enough evidence to indicate that the defendant knew its product would be used with other potentially harmful products.

In the Aug. 21 decision, the New York Supreme Court for New York County said that Crane Co.’s liability was “not based on foreseeability alone, but rather on circumstances which strengthen the connection between Crane Co.’s valves and the defective gaskets, packing and insulation.”

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