Rogers v. Johnson & Johnson Products, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• The Superior Court decided the Rogers decision cited earlier on remand from the Supreme Court decision cited here.
• “[S]o long as the plaintiffs presented a casein-chief free of secondary causes which justified the inference of a defect in the product, the jury was free to accept their scenario.”
• use of the malfunction theory to prove a defect does not relieve the supplier from liability simply because another concurring cause is also responsible for producing injury
• “a plaintiff [may] prove a defect in a product with evidence of the occurrence of a malfunction and with evidence eliminating abnormal use or reasonable, secondary causes for the malfunction.”
• “[W]e believe that so long as the plaintiffs presented a case-in-chief free of secondary causes which justified the inference of a defect in the product, the jury was free to accept their scenario.”
• malfunction theory of products liability permits a plaintiff to prove a defect in a product with evidence of the occurrence of a malfunction and with evidence eliminating abnormal use or reasonable, secondary causes for the malfunction

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Cited by

40 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Tincher, T. v. Omega Flex, Inc., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-11-19· cited 247×
• Schroeder v. Com., Dept. of Transp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-04-01· cited 83×
• Roselli v. General Electric Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-11-25· cited 64×
• Harkins v. Calumet Realty Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-03· cited 62×
• Barnish v. KWI Building Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-10-02· cited 51×
• Dansak v. Cameron Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-18· cited 51×
• Smith v. Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2017-04-27· cited 32×
• Barnish v. Kwi Building Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-01-02· cited 29×
• Anderson v. Chrysler Corp.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-03-15· cited 26×
• Beard v. Johnson and Johnson, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-03-22· cited 25×
• Woodin v. JC Penney Co., Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-08-06· cited 24×
• Ducko v. Chrysler Motors Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-04-06· cited 24×
• Troy v. Kampgrounds of America, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-10-25· cited 23×
• Rogers v. Johnson & Johnson Products, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-04· cited 19×
• Brill v. Systems Resources, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-24· cited 17×
• Hamilton v. Emerson Electric Co.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2001-03-08· cited 16×
• Schlier v. Milwaukee Electrical Tool Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1993-10-29· cited 15×
• Raskin v. Ford Motor Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-19· cited 14×
• Nowak Ex Rel. Nowak v. Faberge U.S.A., Inc.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1992-11-13· cited 10×
• Bennett v. ASCO Services, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2005-07-08· cited 9×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Webb v. Zern
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-06-24· cited 513×
• Kuisis v. Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-05-22· cited 243×
• MacDougall v. Ford Motor Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-06-13· cited 115×
• Sherk v. DAISY-HEDDON, ETC.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-08-23· cited 114×
• Miller v. CHECKER YELLOW CAB CO., ETC.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-11-26· cited 45×
• East Texas Motor Freight, Diamond Division v. Lloyd
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-11-16· cited 32×
• Thompson v. Anthony Crane Rental, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-02-10· cited 21×
• Rogers v. Johnson & Johnson Products, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-06· cited 7×

Other cases named Rogers v. Johnson & Johnson Products, Inc.

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Rogers v. Johnson & Johnson Products, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-04· cited 19×
• Rogers v. Johnson & Johnson Products, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-06· cited 7×