Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. v. McGraw-Edison Co.

Oklahoma’s strict liability theory or remedy of manufacturers’ products liability was fashioned to protect the consuming public from unreasonably dangerous defective products and to discourage manufacturers from marketing defective products. Kirkland v. General Motors Corporation, 521 P.2d 1353 (Okla.1974). The distinctive element of the tort is that the defective product must be unreasonably dangerous to the consumer or the consumer’s property. The majority opinion does not analyze the alleged danger posed by the defective product in this case. Instead, the remedy of manufacturers’ products…