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Hickman v. Fruehauf Corp.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 17, 1989No. 1095PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge:

On June 28, 1983, Thomas Hickman took delivery of a used flatbed trailer which he had purchased from Fruehauf Corporation. At or about 6:20 a.m. on the following day, while carrying a load of steel, Hickman’s tractor-trailer left the surface of Interstate Route 76 in the state of Indiana and crashed. Hickman was killed. His widow, Barbara Hickman, commenced wrongful death and survival actions against Fruehauf Corporation, alleging that her decedent’s fatal accident had been caused by a missing slider pin in the trailer. A jury returned a plaintiff’s verdict awarding damages in…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Martin v. Johns-Manville Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Craig v. Magee Memorial Rehabilitation CenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Wilkes-Barre Iron & Wire Works, Inc. v. Pargas of Wilkes-Barre, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. Martin v. Johns-Manville Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  5. Miller v. Wise Business Forms, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Poleri v. SalkindSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  2. Daddona v. ThindCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  3. Christiansen v. SilfiesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Kreider v. WellenbachSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  5. Blase v. Allied Signal Inc., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1996

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