J-A25035-16
2017 PA Super 10
JEFFREY HIGH, IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Appellant
v.
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.,
v.
CHARLES W. HIGH, II,
No. 411 MDA 2016
Appeal from the Order Entered February 18, 2016
In the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County
Civil Division at No(s): 2013-CV-6181-CV, 2013-CV-6206-CV
CHARLES W. HIGH, II, IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Appellant
v.
PENNSY SUPPLY, INC.,
v.
JEFFREY HIGH,
No. 416 MDA 2016
Appeal from the Order Entered February 18, 2016
In the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County
Civil Division at No(s): 2013-CV-6181-CV, 2013-CV-6206-CV
BEFORE: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J.E., SHOGAN, J., and STEVENS, P.J.E.*
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*
Former Justice specially assigned to the Superior Court.
J-A25035-16
CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION BY SHOGAN, J.:
FILED JANUARY 13, 2017
I am of the opinion that Tincher v. Omega Flex, Inc., 104 A.3d 328,
336 (Pa. 2014), a design defect case, did not preclude the trial court from
granting summary judgment in this “wet concrete” case. Indeed, our
Supreme Court explicitly limited its decision “to the context of a ‘design
defect’ claim.” Id. at 384 n.21. However, I agree with the learned Majority
that at least Jeffrey High arguably raises a strict liability claim “under the
theory that the concrete delivered was defective as Pennsy Supply failed to
adequately warn [the High brothers] of the inherent danger of concrete to
cause severe burns.”1 Majority Opinion at 20. Thus, if the underlying claim
is construed as a failure to warn, I agree that summary judgment should not
have been granted under the current state of the law. See Phillips v. A-
Best Products Co., 665 A.2d 1167, 1171 (Pa. 1995) (recognizing that a
deficient warning to the user regarding the dangers inherent in the product
can make a product defective).
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1
A plaintiff is permitted to proceed under more than one defect theory.
Barton v. Lowe's Home Centers, Inc., 124 A.3d 349, 355 (Pa. Super.
2015).
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