Legal Opinion

Phatak v. United Chair Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 12, 2000PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBrosky, J.

¶ 1 This is an appeal from a judgment entered in Appellee’s favor in a products liability action. Appellants raise four issues for our consideration, which we restate as follows: whether the court erred in preventing Appellants from referencing, for any reason, a chair manufactured by Appellee that possessed the design feature Appellant’s expert opined would remedy the defect the chair in question possessed; whether the court erred in refusing to preclude testimony of misuse of the chair; whether the actions of the court demonstrated prejudice and bias against Appellants and whether the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Dambacher by Dambacher v. MallisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Spino v. John S. Tilley Ladder Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  3. Gottfried v. American Can Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. Mendralla v. Weaver Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
  5. Matsko v. HARLEY DAVIDSON MOT. CO., INC.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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3Cited by14 opinions

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  2. Calles v. Scripto-Tokai Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 2007
  3. Duchess v. Langston Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  4. Wenger v. West Pennsboro TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. Warnick v. NMC-Wollard, Inc.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2007

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