Lindsay v. Colton Auto, Inc.
Opinion of the Court
It is hereby ordered that the order and judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Plaintiff commenced this action seeking to recover the purchase price of a motor home manufactured in part by defendant Fleetwood Motor Homes of Pennsylvania, Inc. (Fleetwood) and sold to plaintiff by defendant Colton Auto, Inc. (Colton). Supreme Court properly granted defendants’ motion seeking summary judgment dismissing the complaint (see generally Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 562 [1980]). With respect to the first cause of action, seeking relief under the Lemon Law (see General Business Law § 198-a), we conclude that plaintiff cannot obtain relief against Colton under that statute because it applies only to manufacturers (see General Elec. Capital Auto Lease v D'Agnese, 239 AD2d 462 [1997]; Monroe v Crabtree Ford, 137 AD2d 747 [1988]). Insofar as the first cause of action is asserted against Fleetwood, defendants established that plaintiff failed to comply with the Lemon Law’s notice requirement (see § 198-a [n] [former (6)]). With respect to the second cause of action, alleging breach of express warranty, defendants met their burden by establishing that Colton effectively disclaimed any express warranty (see UCC 2-316 [1]) and that Fleetwood did not manufacture the defective components of the motor home and excluded those components from its express warranty (see generally Jones v W + M Automation, Inc., 31 AD3d 1099, 1101 [2006], lv denied 8 NY3d 802 [2007]). With respect to the third cause of action, alleging breach of the
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