Legal Opinion
Pavlik v. Lane Ltd./Tobacco Exporters International
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 4, 1998No. 97-1121, 97-1199UnknownCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal in a strict product liability ease brought by plaintiff George Pavlik, administrator of the estate of Stephen Pavlik, a 20 year old man who died as the result of self-administered butane inhalation. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Keen (World Marketing) Ltd. (“Keen”) and Lane Limited/Tobacco Exporters International (“Lane”), the manufacturer and distributor respectively of “Zeus” brand butane fuel, the product that was close-at-hand when Stephen collapsed, and which plaintiff alleges to be the…
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