Dambacher by Dambacher v. Mallis

500 A.2d 428 | Pa. | 1985

508 Pa. 643 (1985) 500 A.2d 428

Joann DAMBACHER, a minor, by her parents and natural guardians, William J. DAMBACHER and Joann Dambacher, and William J. Dambacher and Joann Dambacher, in their own right, Appellants,
v.
Nicholas J. MALLIS, Jr., Sears, Roebuck & Company and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued October 24, 1985. Decided November 21, 1985.

Gustine J. Pelagatti, Philadelphia, James D. McDonald, Jr., Erie, amicus — for Pa. Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Bernard J. Smolens, Sherry A. Swirsky, Philadelphia, for Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Alan H. Ross, Philadelphia, for Nicholas Mallis.

Gary B. Gilman, Albert Grube, Deputy Attys. Gen., for Dept. of Transp.

Timothy P. Ryan, Victor E. Schwartz, Kathryn Kelly, Washington, D.C., amicus — for Product Liability Advisory Council — Pro Hac Vice Granted.

William H. Crabtree, Edward P. Good, Detroit, Mich., amicus — for Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Assoc.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

ORDER

Prior Report: 336 Pa.Super. 22, 485 A.2d 408.

PER CURIAM:

Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently granted.

LARSEN and ZAPPALA, JJ., dissent.