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HANLON v. CYRIL BATH CO.

No. 75-1334.

541 F.2d 343 (1975)

Robert Samuel HANLON, a minor by his parent and natural guardian, Robert Story Hanlon, and Robert Story Hanlon in his own right, Appellants, v. CYRIL BATH CO., Appellee, Eugene M. BERNSTEIN, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Wayne Iron Works, Third-Party Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Beasley, Jeffrey M. Stopford, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant; Beasley, Hewson, Casey, Kraft & Colleran, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

Joseph V. Pinto, Eugene M. FitzMaurice, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before HASTIE, VAN DUSEN and HUNTER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

This is a products liability case. Appeal has been taken from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict that absolved Cyril Bath Co. from strict liability for an accidental injury suffered by the then 18 years old plaintiff, Robert Samuel Hanlon. He had been injured while operating a press brake that Cyril Bath had manufactured and sold some 17 years before the accident.

A press brake is a machine used to...

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