Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York October 17, 2012 (Andrade v. T.C. Dunham Paint Co.)

The plaintiff alleges that he was injured when, while he was applying a solvent-based lacquer sealer to the floor of an apartment, the vapors of the sealer ignited after coming into contact with an unidentified ignition source. The plaintiff thereafter *835commenced this action against the defendant Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc. (hereinafter Akzo), the manufacturer of the sealer, and the defendants T.