PYERITZ v. COM.

No. 1592 C.D. 2007.

956 A.2d 1075 (2008)

Dawn A. PYERITZ, Administratrix of the Estate of Daniel E. Pyeritz, Deceased, and Dawn A. Pyeritz, parent and natural guardian of Nicole L. Pyeritz, a minor, and Christopher E. Pyeritz, a minor, and Dawn A. Pyeritz, an individual, in her own right, Appellants v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, State Police Department of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Col. Jeffrey B. Miller, Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania State Police Troopers James Custer and Daniel Ekis, Pennsylvania State Police Corporals James Caccimelio and Andre Stevens and Pennsylvania State Police Lieutenant Charles Depp.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle H. Lally, Monroeville, for appellants.

Kemal Alexander Mericli, Sr. Deputy Attorney General and John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Pittsburgh, for appellees.

BEFORE: BERNARD L. McGINLEY, Judge, HONORABLE DORIS A. SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, JAMES R. KELLEY, Senior Judge.


OPINION BY Judge SMITH-RIBNER.

Appellants appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County that granted the motion for summary judgment filed by Appellees in an action brought by Dawn A. Pyeritz (Pyeritz) arising out of the destruction of evidence in the custody of the Pennsylvania State Police that Pyeritz claimed was crucial to a products liability action that she filed against manufacturers of sporting goods as a result of the death of her husband...

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