SULLIVAN v. WERNER CO.

No. 18 EAP 2022.

306 A.3d 846 (2023)

Michael and Melissa SULLIVAN, h/w v. WERNER COMPANY and Lowe's Companies, Inc., and Middletown Township Lowe's Store #1572. Appeal of: Werner Company and Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: December 22, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Michael Beck, Esq. , Ted Angelo Hages, Esq. , Reed Smith LLP, Michael J. Dunn, Esq. , Law Offices of Michael J. Dunn, L.L.C., for Appellant.

Joseph H. Blum, Esq., for Appellant Amicus Curiae International Association of Defense Counsel.

Robert L. Byer, Esq., Robert McCarthy Palumbos, Esq., Duane Morris LLP, Ryan F. Monahan, Esq., Tara S. Morrissey, Esq., Andrew Ronald Sperl, Esq., Jonathan D. Urick, Esq., for Appellant Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

William J. Conroy, Esq., Campbell, Conroy & O'Neil, PC, William Jude Ricci, Esq., Ricci Tyrrell Johnson & Grey, PLLC, Richard B. Wickersham Jr., Esq., Post & Schell, P.C., for Appellant Amicus Curiae The Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Inc.

Casey Alan Coyle, Esq., Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, PC, Gerard Hornby, Esq., Adam Mark Shienvold, Esq., Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, for Appellant Amici Curiae Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform, Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association, American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

Kristen Elizabeth Dennison, Esq., Charles Scott Toomey, Esq., Littleton Park Joyce Ughetta & Kelly LLP, Matthew Daniel Vodzak, Esq., Fowler Hirtzel McNulty & Spaulding, LLP, for Appellant Amicus Curiae Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel.

Henry Michael Grabbe, Esq., Mark David Taticchi, Esq., Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, for Appellant Amicus Curiae The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Howard Jonathan Bashman, Esq. , Jeffrey Fitzgerald Laffey, Esq. , Michael Stewart Ryan, Esq. , Laffey, Bucci & Kent, LLP, for Appellee.

Larry E. Coben, Esq., for Appellee Amicus Curiae Center for Auto Safety, Attorneys Information Exchange Group.

Clifford Alan Rieders, Esq., Rieders, Travis, Dohrmann, Mowrey, Humphrey & Waters, for Appellee Amicus Curiae American Association for Justice, Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Crystal and Timothy Gross, h/w, Laura Maietta and Wesley Wilson, III, h/w, North Central Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Madris (Tomes), Kinard, Mannix, Mary Ellen.

TODD, C.J., DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, BROBSON, JJ.


OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

We granted allowance of appeal to consider whether evidence of a product's compliance with industry and governmental safety standards is admissible in products liability cases following this Court's decision in Tincher v. Omega Flex, Inc.,

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