A unanimous panel of the Commonwealth Court has reversed a pair of products liability judgments totaling close to $3 million, holding a trial judge overlooked that the plaintiff declined to call an expert witness.

One of the judgments was a half-million-dollar directed verdict stemming from a contractual indemnification clause SEPTA has with the company. The larger judgment, following a jury verdict, was for $2.5 million in the products liability claim a SEPTA employee filed against the company — Precision Fleet Industrial Service Inc.

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