Fred Brown, Plaintiff-Respondent v. United States Stove Company, Defendant-Appellant

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division and reinstated the trial court's dismissal, holding that United States Stove Company was not strictly liable because the heater was not defectively designed and the alteration and misuse were not a proximate cause of the injury. The Court emphasized that objective foreseeability of substantial alteration must be shown by the plaintiff and that the design defect was not a substantial factor in causing the accident.