Schroeder v. Com., Dept. of Transp.

OPINION

NIGRO, Justice.

This case presents the Coisrt’s first opportunity to address whether product liability defendants and a non-product liability defendant are entitled to summary judgment when the plaintiff has allegedly failed to preserve a defectively-designed product. For the reasons discussed below, we reverse the Commonwealth Court’s decision affirming the grant of summary judgment for Appellees.

*246Navistar International Transportation Corporation designed and manufactured the cab and chassis of a truck and sold them to Sheets Truck Center in August of 1986. Gary and Kelly Schroeder…