Legal Opinion
Sheldon v. West Bend Equipment Corp.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 4, 1980No. Civ. A. 80-33RPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MARSH, District Judge.
In this diversity, negligence and strict liability action, the plaintiff Sheldon seeks damages for injuries he sustained on January 6, 1978 when he fell from a man-lift. The plaintiff alleges that the man-lift was defective and negligently manufactured by the defendant West Bend Equipment Corporation (West) and sold by West in 1962 to plaintiff’s employer Ellwood Knitting Mills, Inc. (Ellwood). Plaintiff also alleges that while he was on top of the man-lift and was moving a ease of material by the plastic strap around the case, the plastic strap was defective…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Maio v. FahsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Tsarnas v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Hefferin v. StempkowskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Arnold v. BorbonusSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Lipari v. Niagara Machine & Tool WorksDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Heckendorn v. Consolidated Rail Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Leonard v. Harris Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Sheldon v. West Bend Equipment Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Schultz v. Bell & Howell Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- Hamme, David B. v. Dreis & Krump Manufacturing Company v. Cole Business Furniture, Division of Litton Business Systems, Inc., Third Party Dries & Krump Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
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