Vinciguerra, C. v. Bayer, of: Crane Co. ( 2016 )


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  •                 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
    EASTERN DISTRICT
    CHARLOTTE VINCIGUERRA,                : No. 447 EAL 2015
    EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF            :
    FRANK VINCIGUERRA, DECEASED           :
    AND CHARLOTTE VINCIGUERRA,            : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
    WIDOW IN HER OWN RIGHT                : the Order of the Superior Court
    :
    :
    v.                         :
    :
    :
    BAYER CROPSCIENCE INC., AS            :
    SUCCESSOR TO AMCHEM PRODUCTS,         :
    INC., F/K/A BENJAMIN FOSTER           :
    COMPANY, BELL & GOSSETT, BRAND        :
    INSULATIONS, INC., CERTAIN-TEED       :
    CORP., CLEAVER-BROOKS, A DIVISION     :
    OF AQUA-CHEM, INC., CRANE CO.,        :
    DAVID MOSER, DFT, INC., DURABLA       :
    CANADA, LTD., E.I. DUPONT             :
    DENEMOURS & COMPANY, FOSTER           :
    WHEELER CORPORATION, GEORGIA-         :
    PACIFIC CORP., GOODYEAR CANADA,       :
    INC., THE GOODYEAR TIRE 7 RUBBER      :
    CO., GOULDS PUMPS, INC., GREENE,      :
    TWEED & COMPANY, INC., GRINNELL       :
    CORPORATION, HAJOCA                   :
    CORPORATION, HERMAN GOLDNER           :
    CO., INC., HONEYWELL INC.,            :
    INGERSOLL RAND COMPANY, JOHN          :
    CRANE, INC., KEELER/DORR-OLIVER       :
    BOILER CO., MARLEY COOLING            :
    TOWER, METROPOLITAN LIFE              :
    INSURANCE CO., OWENS-ILLINOIS         :
    INC., PECORA CORP., RILEY STOKER      :
    CORP., SEPCO CORPORATION, INC.,       :
    SID HARVEY INDUSTRIES, INC., F/K/A    :
    SID HARVEY MID ATLANTIC INC.,         :
    UNION CARBIDE CORP., WARREN           :
    PUMPS, LLC, WEIL MCLAIN, A DIVISION   :
    OF THE MARLEY CO., A WHOLLY           :
    OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF UNITED            :
    DOMINION INDUSTRIES, INC., YARWAY     :
    CORPORATION, AVOCET                          :
    ENTERPRSES, INC., F/K/A                      :
    VENTFABRICS, INC., DAP PRODUCTS,             :
    INC., DURO DYNE CORP., AND                   :
    TREMCO INC.                                  :
    :
    :
    PETITION OF: CRANE CO.                       :
    ORDER
    PER CURIAM
    AND NOW, this 1st day of February, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal
    is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all
    remaining issues. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:
    Whether, under the Court’s recent decision in Tincher v. Omega Flex, Inc.,
    
    104 A.3d 328
    (Pa. 2014), a defendant in a strict-liability claim based on a
    failure-to-warn theory has the right to have a jury determine whether its
    product was “unreasonably dangerous[?]”
    Mr. Justice Eakin did not participate in the consideration or decision of this
    matter.
    [447 EAL 2015] - 2
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 447 EAL 2015 (Granted)

Judges: Per Curiam

Filed Date: 2/1/2016

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 2/9/2016