ODDI v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 99-3406.

234 F.3d 136 (2000)

David ODDI; Erin Oddi, His Wife, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY; Grumman Allied Industries Inc.; Grumman Olson Bodies, Inc.; Olson Bodies, Inc., v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Third Party Defendant, David Oddi, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed October 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PAUL A. TERSHEL, ESQ. (Argued), MARY CHMURA CONN, ESQ. TERSHEL & Associates, Helena Professional Building 55 South Main Street Washington, PA 15301, Attorneys for Appellant.

JOHN E. WALL, ESQ. (Argued), MICHAEL F. NERONE, ESQ. Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. Two PPG Place, Suite 400 Pittsburgh, PA 15222-5402, Attorneys for Appellee, Ford Motor Company.

JOHN H. WILLIAMS, ESQ. (Argued), Gorr, Moser, Dell & Loughney 437 Grant Street 1300 Frick Building Pittsburgh, PA 15219, Attorneys for Appellee, Grumman Allied Ind., et al.

BEFORE: GREENBERG and McKEE, Circuit Judges, and GARTH, Senior Circuit Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

David Oddi was catastrophically injured in a one-vehicle accident when the truck he was driving struck a guardrail and a bridge abutment. Thereafter, he filed two separate product liability actions in state court. He sued Ford Motor Company, which designed and manufactured the chassis of the truck, and he brought a separate action against Grumman Allied Industries, Inc. (then known as Olson Bodies, Inc), which designed...

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