Legal Opinion
Oehler v. Davis
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 11, 1972No. Appeal, No. 499PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Packel, J.,
The progress of the law in extending liability without fault to product suppliers should not be in disregard of fundamentals pertaining to the tort law of causation. In negligence cases there has been the modern admixture of foreseeability and causation to determine the existence of liability.1 If in a negligence case foreseeability and cause are to be examined to determine the scope of liability, it would seem that the same should be true in a case of unintentional conduct involving liability without fault.2
The application of the concepts of foreseeability and legal…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Whitner v. LojeskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Marshall v. NugentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1955
- Andrews v. Jordan Marsh Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Sinram v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- Chamberlain v. RiddleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Grubb v. Albert Einstein Medical CenterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Wisniewski v. GREAT A. & P. TEA. CO.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Brandon v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Bascelli v. Randy, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- E.J. Stewart, Inc. v. Aitken Products, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1985
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