HANSON v. FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP.


451 Pa.Super. 260 (1996)

679 A.2d 785

Francis A. HANSON, Robert Thompson, John D. McCabe, Frank D. McMullin, David Nolan, Angelo A. Saggiomo, John Ingram and Charles Yeager, Appellants, v. FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION, Navistar International Transportation Corp., Hahn Truck Sales & Service Corp., KME Fire Apparatus C/O Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp., Mack Trucks, Inc., American La France, Division of Figgie International, Inc., General Motors Corp., and Sterling Precision Corp., Seagrave Fire Apparatus, Inc., Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 13, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin R. Lentz, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Jonathan B. Sprague, Philadelphia, for Federal Signal Corp., Navistar Intern. Transp. Corp., Hahn Truck Sales & Service Corp., KME Fire Apparatus C/O Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp.

Before CERCONE and CIRILLO, President Judges Emeritus, and DEL SOLE, J.


CIRILLO, President Judge Emeritus.

Appellants [hereinafter Firefighters] are eight active or retired members of the Philadelphia Fire Department [PFD]. The Firefighters filed a complaint against Federal Signal Corporation and various other defendants, all manufacturers or distributors of sirens used by the PFD. The Firefighters sought damages and injunctive relief based on alleged hearing loss suffered as a result...

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