Legal Opinion
Meuller v. Jeffrey Manufacturing Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 25, 1980No. Civ. A. 78-141PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TROUTMAN, District Judge.
Early in 1976 plaintiff, a maintenance man employed by Hofmann Industries, Inc. (Hofmann) of Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, fell through a three-foot square opening in the concrete slab floor of a foundry building owned by his employer. Plaintiff seeks to recover for his injuries under theories of simple negligence and strict liability. Restatement (Second) of Torts § 402A. Defendant, 1 which manufactured and designed the sand handling system involved in plaintiff’s accident, now moves for summary judgment 2 on the grounds that it did not design,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bishop v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Industrial Union Dept., AFL-CIO v. American Petroleum InstituteSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Van Buskirk v. Carey Canadian Mines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Neal v. Carey Canadian Mines, Ltd.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
- Nancy Kathleen Prince, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Leesona Corporation, Inc., Defendant-Appellee/cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
- Van Buskirk v. Carey Canadian Mines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Osborne v. RussellAlaska Supreme Court · 1983
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