The impact of a seminal ruling that changed Pennsylvania products liability law should extend to failure-to-warn cases so juries can consider whether a product was unreasonably dangerous, counsel for Crane Co. argued before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
K&L Gates attorney Nicholas P. Vari told a full complement of justices Tuesday that the state Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Tincher v. Omega Flex, which was a defective-design case, mandates that juries considering failure-to-warn claims should be allowed to weigh issues like what the company knew about the product when it was issued.
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