Nick Strimbu and Julia Strimbu v. American Chain & Cable Company Inc.

This is an appeal in a products liability case from a directed verdict in favor of the defendant at the conclusion of the plaintiffs’ ease. The appellate inquiry in such a case is to determine whether the evidence viewed in a light most favorable to the plaintiffs would support a jury verdict in their favor. Hamden Lodge I. O. O. F. v. Ohio Fuel Gas Co., 127 Ohio St. 469, 189 N.E. 246 (1933). Upon concluding that it would not, we affirm the determination of the District Court.

Appellants’ case arose under the following circumstances: In November of 1969 appellants installed in their newly…