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MERCER v. PITTWAY CORP.

No. 98-1144.

616 N.W.2d 602 (2000)

Nathan R. MERCER and Jennifer Mercer, as parents of Travis Mercer; Northwest Bank & Trust Company Corporation, Conservator for Travis Mercer, a Minor Child; Nathan R. Mercer and Jennifer Mercer, Administrators of the Estate of Bradley Mercer, Deceased; Nathan R. Mercer and Jennifer Mercer as Parents of Bradley Mercer; and Nathan R. Mercer and Jennifer Mercer, Individually and as Husband and Wife, Appellees, v. PITTWAY CORPORATION; BRK Brands, Inc., Appellants, and Nicholas Bakeris, Defendant, State of Iowa ex rel. Civil Reparations Trust Fund, Intervenor-appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger T. Stetson, Margaret C. Callahan and Mark McCormick of Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach Flynn, P.C., Des Moines, and Stephen A. Cozen and Robert W. Hayes of Cozen & O'Connor, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for appellants.

W. Don Brittin, Jr. of Nymaster, Goode, McLaughlin, Voigts, West, Hansell & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, John O. Moeller, Davenport, and James L. Fetterly, Stephen G. Lickteig, and Diane B. Bratvold of Fetterly & Gordon, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for appellees.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Craig Kelinson, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Richard E. Mull, Assistant Attorney General, for intervenor-appellee State of Iowa ex rel. Civil Reparations Trust Fund.

Considered en banc.

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

Numerous issues are presented in this product liability case involving the alleged failure of a smoke detector to alarm to a fire in a home. One child died and another was severely burned as a result of the fire. In an action brought by the parents of the children against the manufacturer of the smoke detector, a jury awarded substantial compensatory and punitive damages. Defendants, the manufacturers of the smoke detector, appeal, contending...

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