The Legal IntelligencerIn the most ironic of ironies, Pennsylvania products liability law is defective and malfunctioning itself given the confusion in the federal courts over whether the Restatement (Second) of Torts or t
...amp; Johnson, Inc., 41 A.3d 823 (Pa. 2012) is contrary to Covell v. Bell Sports, Inc., 651 F.3d 357 (3rd Cir. 2011)....
...that Beard v. Johnson & Johnson is contrary to Covell v. Bell Sports," Schwab said in that opinion, citing the...
...said definitively which Restatement applies. Twice before — in Covell v. Bell Sports and Berrier v. Simplicity Manufacturing —...
...Although the Third Circuit held in its 2011 opinion in Covell v. Bell Sports that district courts deciding products liability cases under...
With the recent re-election of President Obama, the recurring issue of national tort reform, which was quiet during this presidential campaign, goes back on the shelf to gather more dust until anothe
Is the battle over which Restatement of Torts governs products liability in Pennsylvania finally settled
Pennsylvania law of strict liability has recently been judicially described as being in a "state of flux" in Sikkelee v. Precision Airmotive, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 91497, 26 (M.D.Pa. 2012). Other cou
...is in direct conflict with the Third Circuit's decision in Covell v. Bell Sports. The Third Circuit said in its...
...make the Third Restatement the law in Pennsylvania in Covell v. Bell Sports and Berrier v. Simplicity Manufacturing....
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