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PHILLIPS v. CRICKET LIGHTERS

841 A.2d 1000 (2003)

Gwendolyn PHILLIPS, Administratrix of the Estate of Robyn Jorjean Williams, Deceased; Gwendolyn Phillips, Administratrix of the Estate of Jerome I. Campbell, Deceased; Gwendolyn Phillips, Administratrix of the Estate of Alphonso Crawford, Deceased; Neil Curtis Williams, A Minor By His Guardian and Next Friend, Gwendolyn Phillips, v. CRICKET LIGHTERS; Swedish Match, S.A.; Pinkerton Tobacco Company; Pinkerton Group, Inc.; Pinkerton Group, Inc., t/a/d/b/a Cricket USA; Cricket, S.A.; Poppell, B.V.; Wilkinson Sword/Cricket, Inc.; Wilkinson Sword, Inc.; NDC Corporation and National Development Corporation t/a Shenango Park Associates; NDC Asset Management, Inc.; Regional Sales, Inc.; Universal Match Company a/k/a Universal Match Corporation; Swedish Match, A.B.; Cricket, B.V.; Inter-Match, S.A.; Feudor, S.A.; Schick Netherland, B.V.; Warner-Lambert Holland, B.V. Appeal of Swedish Match, S.A.; Pinkerton Tobacco Company; Pinkerton Group, Inc.; Pinkerton Group, Inc. t/a/d/b/a Cricket, USA; Cricket, S.A.; Poppell, B.V.; Wilkinson Sword/Cricket, Inc.; Wilkinson Sword, Inc.; Universal Match Company a/k/a Universal Match Corporation; Swedish Match, A.B.; Cricket, B.V.; Inter-Match, S.A.; and Feudor, S.A.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 3, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Robinson, Carl A. Eck, Louis C. Long, Pittsburgh, for Swedish Match, et al.

Brian Thornton Must, for amicus curiae Zippo Manufacturing Company.

James Michael Beck, for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Edward Michael Koch, Jerrold Paul Anders, Philadelphia, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania Defense Institute.

James William Gicking, Richard A. Kraemer, Philadelphia, for amicus curiae BIC Corporation.

D. Bruce Kehoe, Pro Hac Vice, Indianapolis, IN, John M. Humphrey, Clifford Alan Rieders, Hittle, Kehoe, Humphrey and Rieders, for amicus curiae Shirley and John Hittle.

Henry E. Sewinsky, Rodgers, Perfilio, Heiman & Sewinsky, P.C., Sharon, for Gwendolyn Phillips, et al.

Paul A. Lauricella, Philadelphia, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.

BEFORE: ZAPPALA, C.J., and CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR and EAKIN, JJ.

OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY.

This is an appeal by allowance. We are asked to resolve whether the Superior Court properly reversed, in part, the trial court's order dismissing all of the claims against the manufacturers and distributors of a cigarette lighter which was allegedly the cause of a fatal fire. For the reasons that follow, we now reverse in part, affirm in part, and vacate in part.

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