615 N.Y.S.2d 196 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1994
Order unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: Plaintiff Joseph Williamson, III, was injured when he received a 440-volt electrical shock upon accidentally touching a live portion of the electric control panel at his place of employment. Supreme Court properly denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Factual issues exist whether material modifications to the door handle disconnect mechanism on the electric control panel were made before or after the accident, whether the design of the control panel was defective because