WOODIN v. J.C. PENNEY CO., INC.


427 Pa.Super. 488 (1993)

629 A.2d 974

Robert K. WOODIN and Alice D. Woodin, Appellants, v. J.C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC., Appellee, v. REVCO, INC., A DIVISION OF RHEEM MANUFACTURING CO., Admiral Industries, Inc., A Division of Magic Chef, Inc., Hardwick, Maytag Corp. and White Consolidated Industries, Inc. — Freezer Division (Formerly Franklin Manufacturing Co.), A Division of White Consolidated Industries, Inc., Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 6, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christian T. Mattie, III, Eldred, for appellants.

Robert S. Garrett, Pittsburgh, for appellees.

Before WIEAND, POPOVICH and HESTER, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

In this action to recover fire damage attributed by plaintiffs to a defectively manufactured freezer cord, the trial court set aside a verdict for the plaintiffs and entered judgment n.o.v. in favor of the defendant seller and manufacturer. Plaintiffs appealed. We affirm.

Early in 1979, Robert and Alice Woodin purchased a chest type freezer from J.C. Penney Company, Inc. The freezer had been manufactured by White Consolidated Industries, Inc...

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