SKINNER v. FLYMO, INC.


351 Pa.Super. 234 (1986)

505 A.2d 616

William J. SKINNER and Mary Skinner, his wife, Appellants, v. FLYMO, INC.; Darwin Eckstrom and Jonathan Randall, individually and trading as Eckstrom-Randall Company; Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, Inc.; United States Testing Co., Inc.; and American National Standards Institute, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed February 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen M. Viakley, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Mark L. Austrian, Pittsburgh, for appellees.

Before WIEAND, DEL SOLE and HESTER, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

William J. Skinner was injured when the blade of a rotary lawn mower came into contact with his foot while he was cutting the lawn at his employer's residence in Warren County. He commenced an action to recover damages against five defendants, one of which was Outdoor Power Equipment Institute, Inc. (OPEI), a nonprofit trade association whose members were manufacturers of outdoor power equipment. OPEI filed preliminary objections raising questions of...

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