Sherk v. Daisy-Heddon

CERCONE, President Judge:

Appellant, Monica Sherk, administratrix of the estate of James Louis Sherk, takes this appeal from the order of the court below, sitting en banc, which denied plaintiff-appellant’s motion for a new trial in a products liability case. Appellant presents three questions for our review: (1) whether it was error for the trial court to exclude evidence of the common knowledge in the community concerning the dangers of the product at issue—a Daisy-Heddon air rifle Model 880, manufactured by the Daisy-Heddon Corporation; (2) whether it was error for the trial court to refuse…