Mendralla v. Weaver Corp.

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• evidence of similar past injuries involving a product was admissible to establish defendant’s knowledge that the product was defective prior to the date of the plaintiff’s injury
• Because the estimated cost of future medical services is not within the layperson’s general knowledge, the requirement of [expert] testimony eliminates the prospect that the jury’s award will be speculative.’”
• estimated cost of future medical expenses not within common knowledge of jury
• estimated cost of future medical expenses not within common knowledge of jury

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Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gorski v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-10-30· cited 128×
• McManamon v. Washko
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-08-31· cited 112×
• Tindall v. Friedman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-03-24· cited 87×
• Betz v. Erie Insurance Exchange
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-22· cited 66×
• Carlini, S. v. Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-09-13· cited 35×
• Charlton v. Toyota Industrial Equipment
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-14· cited 27×
• Phatak v. United Chair Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-07-12· cited 16×
• Shivers v. Schmiege
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2009-09-29· cited 14×
• Clark v. Bil-Jax, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-12-01· cited 14×
• Urmann v. Rockwood Casualty Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-07-31· cited 7×
• Chavers, K. v. 1605 Valley Center Pky
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-04-28· cited 6×
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection v. Concept Sciences, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2002-12-02· cited 3×
• Pioneer Commercial Funding Corp. v. American Financial Mortgage Corp.
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 2000-12-04· cited 2×
• Dillow v. Myers
  Carbon County Court of Common Pleas· 2005-11-22· cited 2×
• Joe W. King, Jr. v. General Motors Corporation
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-12-22
• Randall Henley v. Russell Amacher
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-06-14
• Gurevitz v. Piczon
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 1999-09-10
• Brown v. Save-a-Lot
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-06-29
• Lee v. Bernard
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 2014-11-19

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kiser v. Schulte
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-09-13· cited 187×
• Walton v. Avco Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-22· cited 143×
• Elza v. Chovan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-05-28· cited 120×
• Botek v. Mine Safety Appliance Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-17· cited 70×
• Cohen v. Albert Einstein Medical Center
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-11· cited 66×
• Wagner v. Anzon, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-09-06· cited 64×
• Childers v. Power Line Equipment Rentals, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-24· cited 62×
• Simmers v. American Cyanamid Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-06-12· cited 48×
• Nudelman v. Gilbride
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-30· cited 31×
• Nogowski v. Alemo-Hammad
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-03-31· cited 31×
• Krock v. Chroust
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-07-20· cited 30×
• Carlos R. Leffler, Inc. v. Hutter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-05-23· cited 27×
• House of Pasta, Inc. v. Mayo
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-08-13· cited 26×
• Morris v. Peckyno
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-03-17· cited 24×
• Mitchell v. Gravely International, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-07-29· cited 19×
• Berman v. Philadelphia Board of Education
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-02-04· cited 17×
• DiFrancesco v. Excam, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-05-10· cited 15×
• Catalano v. Bujak
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-01· cited 7×