Malone Ex Rel. Kuri v. BIC Corp.

ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court is the motion of BIC Corporation (“defendant”), pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56, for summary judgment. For reasons stated below, the court denies the motion.

FACTS

John Kuri (“John”), on March 4, 1988, was a six year old boy and an Illinois resident. It is not entirely clear how, but it is certain that on that day John discovered and began to play with a brightly-colored Mini-BIC lighter (“the lighter”) that someone in his family had brought home. As he was doing so, he manipulated it, igniting his clothing and causing second degree…