Case Name: Joann DAMBACHER, a minor, by her parents and natural guardians, William J. DAMBACHER and Joann Dambacher, and William J. Dambacher and Joann Dambacher, in their own right, Appellants, v. Nicholas J. MALLIS, Jr., Sears, Roebuck & Company and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1985-11-21
Citations: 508 Pa. 643
Docket Number: Appeal No. 101 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1985
Parties: Joann DAMBACHER, a minor, by her parents and natural guardians, William J. DAMBACHER and Joann Dambacher, and William J. Dambacher and Joann Dambacher, in their own right, Appellants, v. Nicholas J. MALLIS, Jr., Sears, Roebuck & Company and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation.
Judges: Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 508
Pages: 643–644

Head Matter:
500 A.2d 428
Joann DAMBACHER, a minor, by her parents and natural guardians, William J. DAMBACHER and Joann Dambacher, and William J. Dambacher and Joann Dambacher, in their own right, Appellants, v. Nicholas J. MALLIS, Jr., Sears, Roebuck & Company and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Oct. 24, 1985.
Decided Nov. 21, 1985.
Gustine J. Pelagatti, Philadelphia, James D. McDonald, Jr., Erie, amicus — for Pa. Trial Lawyers Ass’n.
Bernard J. Smolens, Sherry A. Swirsky, Philadelphia, for Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Alan H. Ross, Philadelphia, for Nicholas Mallis.
Gary B. Gilman, Albert Grube, Deputy Attys. Gen., for Dept. of Transp.
Timothy P. Ryan, Victor E. Schwartz, Kathryn Kelly, Washington, D.C., amicus — for Product Liability Advisory Council — Pro Hac Vice Granted.
William H. Crabtree, Edward P. Good, Detroit, Mich., amicus — for Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Assoc.
Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently granted.
LARSEN and ZAPPALA, JJ., dissent.