PHILADELPHIA – Today, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is due to hear oral arguments in an action which will have great import for future product liability trials statewide, as it determines whether or not trial courts are permitted to prevent defendants from using evidence pertaining to industry standards.
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HARRISBURG – A recent unanimous ruling from a panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania may have great import for future product liability trials statewide, as it stated that trial courts may prevent defendants from using evidence pertaining to industry standards.
The 44-page
ruling from the Superior Court’s panel of Victor P. Stabile, Megan McCarthy King and Dan Pellegrini issued on April 15 not only upheld a trial court jury verdict of $2.5 million in the case of
Sullivan Et.Al v. Werner Company and Lowe’s Companies, Inc. Et.Al, but also established precedent with respect to evidentiary limits in product liability actions.