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PAVLIK v. LANE LIMITED/TOBACCO EXPORTERS INTERN.

Nos. 97-1121, 97-1199.

135 F.3d 876 (1998)

George PAVLIK, Administrator of the Estate of Stephen Michael Pavlik; George Pavlik, in His Own Right v. LANE LIMITED/TOBACCO EXPORTERS INTERNATIONAL, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. KEEN (WORLD MARKETING) LIMITED; George Pavlik; Regina Pavlik, h/w, Third-Party Defendants, George Pavlik, Administrator of the Estate of Michael Pavlik and George Pavlik, in his own right, Appellant in No. 97-1121. George PAVLIK, Administrator of the Estate of Stephen Michael Pavlik, in his own right, Appellant in No. 97-1199, v. KEEN (WORLD MARKETING) LIMITED.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanne W. Rathgeber (Argued), Rathgeber & Associates, Doylestown, PA, for Appellant George Pavlik.

Dennis L. Platt (Argued), Jennifer S. Breslin, Sweeney & Sheehan, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Lane Limited/Tobacco Exporters International.

Jeffrey N. German (Argued), German, Gallagher & Murtagh, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Keen (World Marketing) Limited.

Before: BECKER, Chief Judge, SCIRICA, and McKEE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal in a strict product liability case brought by plaintiff George Pavlik, administrator of the estate of Stephen Pavlik, a 20 year old man who died as the result of self-administered butane inhalation. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Keen (World Marketing) Ltd. ("Keen") and Lane Limited/Tobacco Exporters International ("Lane"), the manufacturer and distributor...

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