Opinion
Argued January 7, 1977
Decided February 15, 1977
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, DONALD H. MEAD, J.
Robert Lahm, Sheila L. Birnbaum, Sidney Devorsetz and Irwin Birnbaum for appellant.
Donald J. Kemple for respondent.
Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division ( 50 A.D.2d 1081) and because that court correctly discerned that the liability of the defendant was unrelated to that of a manufacturer or distributor of the machine which caused the injury.
Concur: Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE.