WILKES-BARRE v. PARGAS OF WILKES-BARRE


348 Pa.Super. 285 (1985)

502 A.2d 210

WILKES-BARRE IRON & WIRE WORKS, INC., Appellant, v. PARGAS OF WILKES-BARRE, INC. v. Edward CALADIE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miles A. Jellinek, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Arthur Silverblatt, Sr., Wilkes-Barre, for appellee.

Before BECK, POPOVICH and TROMMER, JJ.


BECK, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order granting a new trial in a products liability action. Plaintiff/appellant Wilkes-Barre Iron & Wire Works' plant sustained severe damage when a liquid propane cylinder supplied by defendant/appellee Pargas of Wilkes-Barre exploded. While an employee of appellant was using the cylinder, it slipped and fell. The valve on the cylinder broke off in the fall, and propane gas leaking from the damaged cylinder caused an explosion...

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