Berrier v. Simplicity Manufacturing, Inc.

I support the Court’s decision to deny the petition for certification, but I wish to summarize my own rationale as follows.

The petition for certification seeks this Court’s review in an arena in which there has been great difficulty achieving consensus. We recently accepted review of the foundational matter of whether the strict liability doctrine appropriately applies in design-defect cases. See Bugosh v. I.U. North Am., Inc., 596 Pa. 265, 942 A.2d 897 (2008) (per curiam). With full appreciation and respect for the difficulties presented to the federal courts in predicting Pennsylvania law…