Legal Opinion
Rivera v. Home Depot
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 5, 2003PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY KLEIN, J.:
¶ 1 Isabelle and Wilfredo Rivera appeal from the judgment entered on the order denying their post-trial motion to strike a nonsuit entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. Isabelle Rivera was allegedly injured when she was struck by an electronic door while leaving a Home Depot store with her husband. Because the Riveras had no expert witness to testify that the door was defective and did not point to any specific discovery requests that would justify their failure to present an expert, the trial court entered a compulsory nonsuit. The Riveras filed a…
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