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CLINE v. PROWLER INDUSTRIES OF MD., INC.

418 A.2d 968 (1980)

Roy A. CLINE and Gertrude F. Cline, his wife, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. PROWLER INDUSTRIES OF MARYLAND, INC., a Maryland Corporation; Motor Wheel Corporation, an Ohio Corporation; Robert G. Horsey, t/a Parkview Trailer Sales, Defendants Below, Appellees. PROWLER INDUSTRIES OF MARYLAND, INC., Defendant Below, Appellant, v. Robert G. HORSEY, t/a Parkview Trailer Sales, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided June 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Leigh Hunt and Samuel V. Abramo, Wilmington, for plaintiffs below, appellants.

James W. Semple of Flanzer & Isaacs, Wilmington, for appellee Prowler Industries of Maryland, Inc.

William F. Taylor and Frederick W. Iobst of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, for appellee Motor Wheel Corp.

Wayne N. Elliott of Prickett, Sanders, Jones, Elliott & Kristol, Wilmington, for appellee Robert G. Horsey, t/a Parkview Trailer Sales.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., and DUFFY, McNEILLY, QUILLEN and HORSEY, JJ., constituting the Court en Banc.

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

In this appeal we are required to decide, inter alia, whether the doctrine of strict liability in tort is applicable in Delaware in cases involving sales of allegedly defective goods.1

I.

In late May, the plaintiffs, Roy and Gertrude Cline, purchased a travel-trailer from the defendant Robert Horsey. The trailer was manufactured by the defendant...

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