Legal Opinion
Nichols Ex Rel. Nichols v. Union Underwear Co.
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided June 24, 1980PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Justice.*
This is a products liability case. Four-year-old Richard Nichols was badly burned while playing with matches when his T-shirt caught fire. Through his father, as next friend, he sued Union Underwear Company, Inc., the manufacturer and seller of the shirt. The basis of the suit was strict liability for design defect. Following a jury trial in the Franklin Circuit Court, a verdict was returned for Union Underwear and judgment was entered on the verdict.
Nichols appealed to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the judgment. Because of the importance of the question presented,…
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