Pratt & Whitney Canada, Inc. v. Sheehan

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that products liability cases only give rise to a tort claim where product failure harms public safety
• declining to abandon risk-of-harm test in determining that damage to aircraft forced to make emergency landing due to .engine failure is compensable in products liability action
• prevailing party appearing pro se can receive attorney fees for time expended as an attorney active in the litigation, but not for time expended as a client
• finding no authority for awarding prejudgment interest on tlie full value of a damaged plane in addition to repair damages
• distinguishing between consumers and commercial buyers is problematic and this court rejected such distinction
• overruling earlier per se ban on recovery for damage solely to product itself on grounds that mid-flight engine failure “paradigmatic example” of dangerous situation for which economic loss is recoverable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).