More specifically, there is a dispute in the
Pennsylvania
federal courts as to whether or not the Second or Third Restatement of Torts
should apply to Pennsylvania
products liability cases in Pennsylvania
federal courts.
Judge Hornak held that
the Third Restatement applied but denied the Defendant’s Motion for Summary
Judgment under both a Second and Third Restatement analysis. In his Opinion, the judge called the term
current status of Pennsylvania
liability law as “a maze of uncertainty, providing little guidance to
manufacturers….”
Anyone wishing to view the Opinion in Sansom may click this link:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B83Pxa3TYcXMWjczYzRFQzc5ejg
I send thanks to Attorney Kenneth T. Newman of the law firm of Thomas, Thomas & Hafer for bringing this Opinion to my attention.
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