TINCHER v. OMEGA FLEX, INC.

No. 17 MAP 2013

104 A.3d 328 (2014)

Terrence D. TINCHER and Judith R. Tincher, Appellees v. OMEGA FLEX, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon F. DeJulius Jr., Esq. , Laura E. Ellsworth, Esq. , Margaret Caitlin Gleason, Esq. , Charles H. Moellenberg Jr., Esq. , Jones Day, Pittsburgh, for Sherwin-Williams Co., U.S. Steel Corp., Calgon Carbon Corp., Procter & Gamble Co., amicus curiae.

William J. Conroy, Esq. , Katherine Ann Wang, Esq. , Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy, P.C., Berwyn, Christopher Landau, Esq. , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, for Omega Flex, Inc.

James Michael Beck, Esq. , Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., amicus curiae.

Thomas J. Finarelli, Esq. , William Jude Ricci, Esq. , Lavin, O'Neil, Ricci, Cedrone & DiSipio, Philadelphia, for PA Defense Institute, amicus curiae.

Mark Edward Jakubik, Esq. , Jakubik Law Firm (The), Philadelphia, for Pacific Legal Foundation, amicus curiae.

Martin S. Kaufman, Esq. , for Atlantic Legal Foundation, amicus curiae.

Joseph Edward O'Neil, Esq. , Lavin, O'Neil, Ricci, Cedrone & DiSipio, Philadelphia, for International Association of Defense Counsel, amicus curiae.

Michael James Ross, Esq. , K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, for Crane Co., amicus curiae.

Sean Peter Wajert, Esq. , Shook Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania Business Council et al, amicus curiae.

Mark Elliot Utke, Esq. , Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia, for Terrence D. Tincher and Judith R. Tincher.

Clifford Alan Rieders, Esq. , Pamela L. Shipman, Esq. , Williamsport, Rieders, Travis, Humphrey, Harris, Waters, Waffenschmidt & Dohrmann, for Pennsylvania Association for Justice, amicus curiae.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, STEVENS, JJ.


OPINION

Omega Flex, Inc., appeals the decision of the Superior Court to affirm the judgment on the verdict entered in favor of Terrence D. Tincher and Judith R. Tincher (the "Tinchers") by the Chester County Court of Common Pleas, Civil Division. We reverse the Superior Court decision in part, upon reasoning...

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