McKAY v. SANDMOLD SYSTEMS, INC.


333 Pa.Super. 235 (1984)

482 A.2d 260

William A. McKAY, Appellant, v. SANDMOLD SYSTEMS, INC., Jeltema Electrical, Inc., Beardsley & Piper, Inc. and Pettibone Corporation.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 14, 1984.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied March 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry M. Simpson, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Louis C. Long, Pittsburgh, for appellees.

Before WIEAND, TAMILIA and POPOVICH, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

In a product liability case involving an alleged defect in the design of industrial machinery, how shall a jury be instructed? What standard shall be applied to determine whether the injury producing machinery was defectively designed? These are the issues presented by the present appeal. They are complex issues and not easily answered. In recent years, the development of the law of products liability in design defect cases has "turned into a swampy...

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