Saratoga Fishing Company v. J. M. Martinac & Company (1996)
- Docket
- 95-1764
- Decided
- 1996-01-01
Summary
Question: Can extra equipment, added to a ship after it was constructed, be considered "other property" for which the ship manufacturer is liable? Conclusion: Yes. In a decision authored by Justice Stephen G. Breyer, the Court ruled that equipment added by the initial user before he sold the ship to the subsequent user is "other property," and as Justice Breyer wrote, "[e]quipment added to a product after the manufacturer . . . has sold the product to an initial user is not part of the product that itself caused the physical harm."