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McLAUGHLIN v. MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York (1962) | 11 N.Y.2d 62
TL;DR: A manufacturer was sued after a child was burned by its reusable heat block. The court held the manufacturer was not liable because a fireman, who knew the block required insulation but failed to warn the nurse applying it, committed an act of gross negligence that was a superseding cause of the injury.
Legal Significance: Establishes that a third party's actual knowledge of a product's danger and subsequent gross negligence can be a superseding cause, insulating a manufacturer from liability for its own failure to provide an adequate warning on the product itself.