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prod.liab.rep.(cch)p. 13,688 Rodney Todd, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Tiffany Todd v. Societe Bic, S.A., and Bic Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 12, 1993No. 92-1201PublishedCited by 78 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*1218EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

In March 1988 Cori Smith, then four years old, picked up a cigarette lighter and set a small fire in her parents’ bedroom. She was admonished not to play with lighters or matches — of which the household had many, because all four adults smoked cigarettes. About a week later Cori found a BIC lighter on a table in the living room. Cori used the lighter to set ablaze some papers in the bedroom where Tiffany Todd, then 23 months old, was sleeping. Tiffany died in the conflagration; the adults and the five other children in the household survived. Tiffany’s father…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Lehman Brothers v. ScheinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Suvada v. White Motor Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1965
  3. Genaust v. Illinois Power Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Hunt v. BlasiusIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Lamkin v. TownerIllinois Supreme Court · 1990

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3Cited by78 opinions

  1. Rodney Todd, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Tiffany Todd v. Societe Bic, S.A., and Bic CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  2. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Brian D. PateCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
  3. prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 15,298 Angelina and Jack McMahon v. Bunn-O-Matic Corporation, James River Paper Company, and Wincup Holdings, L.P.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
  4. Mead Johnson & Company v. Abbott LaboratoriesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
  5. Channell v. Citicorp National Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996

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