Schmidt v. Boardman Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he only stated mandatory requirements of the product-line exception in Pennsylvania [are] the three Ray factors[.]”
• bystanders who witnessed relatives killed and/or injured by defective product allowed to recover under Section 402A for emotional distress even though they suffered no physical injuries
• judgment notwithstanding the verdict denied on same product line element to defendant successor corporation that produced “fire wagons” with alterations as compared to the injury causing fire truck
• bystanders who witnessed relatives killed and/or injured by [a] defective [fire hose] allowed to recover under [Second Restatement] Section 402A for emotional distress even though they suffered no physical injuries
• adopting the trial court's reasoning as its own

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Berrier v. Simplicity Manufacturing, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2009-04-21· cited 137×
• Passarello v. Grumbine
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-02-07· cited 69×
• Schmidt v. Boardman Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-01-24· cited 59×
• Blumer v. Ford Motor Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-05-06· cited 55×
• Schuenemann v. Dreemz, LLC
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-11-04· cited 54×
• Krepps, F. v. Snyder, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-03-24· cited 48×
• Estate of Hicks v. Dana Companies, LLC
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-11-18· cited 43×
• Polett v. Public Communications, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-12-20· cited 34×
• Nazarak, S. v. Waite, R., Jr.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-08-02· cited 27×
• Pringle v. Rapaport
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-08-31· cited 26×
• Van Doren v. Coe Press Equipment Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2008-12-30· cited 9×
• Fizzano Bros. Concrete Products, Inc. v. XLN, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-05-15· cited 9×
• Wiggins v. Synthes (U.S.A.)
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-08-12· cited 6×
• Berrier v. Simplicity Mfg Inc
  Third Circuit· 2009-04-21
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by PA DEP v. Monsanto Co., Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia LLC
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-12-30
• Kujawski v. Fogmeg
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 2015-04-15
• Sutch v. Roxborough Memorial Hospital
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 2015-05-15
• Clifton A. Little Ii Et Ano, V. Hardie-tynes Co. Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2025-08-25
• Burnley, D. v. Loews Hotel
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-03-05

Cites

44 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Dillon v. Legg
  California Supreme Court· 1968-06-21· cited 1,026×
• Webb v. Zern
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-06-24· cited 513×
• Reilly v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-03-27· cited 428×
• Sinn v. Burd
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-11· cited 424×
• Ray v. Alad Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1977-02-24· cited 396×
• Vandermark v. Ford Motor Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1964-04-21· cited 384×
• Turner v. Bituminous Casualty Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1976-08-26· cited 264×
• Niederman v. Brodsky
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-01-09· cited 260×
• Ramirez v. Amsted Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1981-06-18· cited 250×
• Burnside v. Abbott Laboratories
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-20· cited 167×
• Dawejko v. Jorgensen Steel Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-08-14· cited 166×
• Mazzagatti v. Everingham by Everingham
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-16· cited 134×
• Ratti v. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-18· cited 120×
• Stevenson v. General Motors Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-23· cited 107×
• American Future Systems, Inc. v. Better Business Bureau
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-05-31· cited 96×
• Shannon v. Samuel Langston Company
  W.D. Michigan· 1974-05-31· cited 92×
• Unnamed case
  First Circuit· 1974-07-18· cited 90×
• American Future System, Inc. v. Better Business Bureau of Eastern Pennsylvania
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-03-21· cited 64×
• Childers v. Power Line Equipment Rentals, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-07-24· cited 62×
• Continental Insurance v. Schneider, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-05-17· cited 61×