Case Name: Harold DeJESUS; Maria DeJesus, Appellants v. KNIGHT INDUSTRIES & ASSOCIATES, INC., d/b/a Knight Global and Knight Industries, Inc.; Gemini Products Inc, d/b/a Knight Ergonomics & Assembly Systems; Engman-Taylor Company, Inc.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-04-06
Citations: 599 F. App'x 454
Docket Number: No. 13-3570
Parties: Harold DeJESUS; Maria DeJesus, Appellants v. KNIGHT INDUSTRIES & ASSOCIATES, INC., d/b/a Knight Global and Knight Industries, Inc.; Gemini Products Inc, d/b/a Knight Ergonomics & Assembly Systems; Engman-Taylor Company, Inc.
Judges: Before: HARDIMAN, SCIRICA and ROTH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 599
Pages: 454–455

Head Matter:
Harold DeJESUS; Maria DeJesus, Appellants v. KNIGHT INDUSTRIES & ASSOCIATES, INC., d/b/a Knight Global and Knight Industries, Inc.; Gemini Products Inc, d/b/a Knight Ergonomics & Assembly Systems; Engman-Taylor Company, Inc.
No. 13-3570.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) on June 3, 2014.
Filed: April 6, 2015.
Stephen R. Kurens, Esq., Wyndmoor, PA, Peter M. Patton, Esq., Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.
Anthony R. Sherr, Esq., Blue Bell, Brian J. Madden, Esq., Conshohocken, PA, James L. Barlow, Esq., King of Prussia, PA, for Defendants.
Before: HARDIMAN, SCIRICA and ROTH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
ROTH, Circuit Judge:
Harold and Maria DeJesus appeal the District Court's order, which granted (i) Knight Industries & Associates, Inc.'s motion to preclude expert testimony, and (ii) Knight's motion for summary judgment on negligence and strict liability claims arising from an alleged defectively designed lift table.
In opposing summary judgment, DeJe-sus argued that the Restatement (Second) of Torts was the substantive law that applied to his product liability claims. The District Court applied the Restatement (Third) of Torts, consistent with this Court's decision in Covell v. Bell Sports, Inc., holding that district courts must apply the Restatement (Third) to design defect claims arising under Pennsylvania law, absent a controlling contrary holding from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. After the grant of summary judgment for Knight and while the case was pending on appeal, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decided Tincher v. Omega Flex, Inc. and held that "Pennsylvania remains a Second Restatement jurisdiction." At the same time, the Court overruled the longstanding method of applying the Restatement (Second) outlined in Azzarello v. Black Brothers,
DeJesus properly preserved his rights with respect to the issue resolved by Tincher. He moved for a stay of the appeal pending the resolution of Tincher, which we denied. He also reserved his right to brief the issue of applicability of Tincher to his claims in his appellate brief.
Because the law as decided by the highest court of the state has changed while the case was on appeal, and because DeJe-sus preserved his rights with respect to the issues that have since been resolved in Tincher, we will vacate the District Court's grant of summary judgment and remand the case for further proceedings in light of Tincher. As to the issue of admissibility of the testimony of Dejesus's expert witness, whether that witness be Dr. Rider or another expert, we will leave the resolution of that question to the District Court to be determined at the time that expert witness testimony is offered by DeJesus.
This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent.
. See DeJesus v. Knight Industries, No. 10-7434, Doc. No. 69 at 24-28 (Dec. 7, 2012).
. 651 F.3d 357 (3d Cir.2011).
. - Pa.-, 104 A.3d 328, 399 (2014).
. 480 Pa. 547, 391 A.2d 1020 (1978).
. See Motion for Stay, No. 13-3570 (Nov. 25, 2013).
. See DeJesus Br. at 50.
.See Air Prods. & Chems., Inc. v. Hartford Accident and Indent. Co., 25 F.3d 177 (3d Cir.1994) (vacating the portion of the district court's order allocating defense and indemnity costs and remanding where intervening decision of state supreme court altered the statement of law relied upon by the district court in its allocation).