(January 10, 2017, 12:05 PM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — The entire bare-metal defense relies on a misreading of an appellate opinion that did not even involve negligence claims and should be rejected, plaintiffs told the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 20 (Roberta G. DeVries, et al. v. Buffalo Pumps Inc., et al., No. 16-2602, Shirley McAfee, et al. v. Ingersoll-Rand & Co., No. 16-2669, 3rd Cir.)....