Legal Opinion
Alvin DILLINGER, Appellant, v. CATERPILLAR, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Wheeler MacHinery Company, Inc., a Utah Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 1, 1992No. 91-3308PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Alvin Dillinger (“Dillinger”), a former truck driver, commenced this strict products liability proceeding against appel-lee, Caterpillar, Inc., in the Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, for injuries he suffered while driving a large construction vehicle manufactured by Caterpillar.1 Caterpillar removed the action to the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on March 14, 1990, based on diversity of citizenship and the requisite jurisdictional amount. After a six-day trial, the jury found…
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3Cited by83 opinions
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