CUMMINS v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.


344 Pa.Super. 9 (1985)

495 A.2d 963

Richard E. CUMMINS, Jr., Appellant, v. The FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Mack Trucks, Inc., Mill Service, Inc., Brake Drum and Equipment Co., Vivian Yukevich, Kelsey-Hayes Co., Redco Corp., the Budd Co., Trailmobile, Inc., Fruehauf Corp., Coll Tire Distributors, Inc., Firestone Canada, Inc., Motor Wheel Corp., the Dayton Rubber Co., Erie Malleable Iron Co., Heil Co., Webb Co., Alcoa Aluminum Corp., Gunite Co. v. McCLAIN AND CONNELLY AUTO REPAIR.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Seewald, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Lowell A. Reed, Jr., Pittsburgh, for Firestone Tire, appellee.

Howard K. Hilner, Pittsburgh, for Redco Corp., appellee.

Joseph A. Macerelli, Pittsburgh, for Trailmobile, Inc., appellee.

James F. Manley, Pittsburgh, for Fruehauf, appellee.

Scott E. Becker, Pittsburgh, for Firestone Canada, Inc., appellee.

David P. Helwig, Pittsburgh, for Heil Co., appellee.

Edward C. Schmidt, Pittsburgh, for The Budd Co., appellee.

Before OLSZEWSKI, HESTER and SHIOMOS, JJ.


HESTER, Judge:

The matter before us for review is an Order sustaining preliminary objections of three of the twenty appellees herein, Fruehauf Corporation (hereinafter "Fruehauf"), The Budd Company (hereinafter "Budd"), and The Heil Company (hereinafter "Heil").

The issue is whether appellant, who cannot identify the particular manufacturer of the tire and rim assembly which allegedly caused his injury, or in fact the offending product itself, can maintain...

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