Opinion
Argued June 7, 1999
October 12, 1999
In a products liability action, the plaintiff appeals from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Weiner, J.).
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs.
The plaintiff, a woodworker, was allegedly injured while using a wood-shaping device manufactured by the defendant third-party plaintiff. He argues on appeal that the court improperly precluded him from offering evidence that, subsequent to the accident, his employer fashioned a safety guard for the device which allegedly would have prevented his injury. Contrary to the plaintiff's contention, the court properly excluded that evidence, as the defendant third-party plaintiff conceded that such a safety guard could easily have been created ( see, Cover v. Cohen, 61 N.Y.2d 261).
THOMPSON, J.P., ALTMAN, FEUERSTEIN, and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.