404 Pa. Super. 67 - Connelly v. Roper Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. COM., PA. BD. OF PROB. & PAR. · 320 Pa. Super. 444 - Burch v. Sears, Roebuck and Co. · Caprara v. Chrysler Corp. · 348 Pa. Super. 285 - Wilkes-Barre Iron & Wire Works, Inc. v. Pargas of Wilkes-Barre, Inc. · Cucchi v. Rollins Protective Services Co.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In cases in which it has been alleged that a product was defectively designed, the jury is required to determine whether the product lacked any safeguard necessary to make it safe for normal use. In such cases it is relevant to show the “state of the art.” However, it is only the state of the art at the time of design and/or manufacture that is relevant. Design improvements made four years after an injury has occurred are not relevant to show the state of the art at the time that the injury occurred.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.