Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Beaver County May 29, 2009, no. 11367-2007 (Montagazzi v. Crisci)

KUNSELMAN, J,

I. INTRODUCTION

Fifteen-year-old Matthew Montagazzi and four of his friends decided to make a homemade explosive device as entertainment on a summer afternoon in June 2005. They gathered most of the materials from Matthew’s house, and went to another boy’s house to ignite their creation. All of the boys knew it was dangerous to play with explosives.