Legal Opinion
Bondie v. Bic Corp.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided June 1, 1990No. 2:88-cv-73064PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
FEIKENS, District Judge.
I. Background
This product liability action results from injuries sustained by members of the Bon-die family when the family home burned. The fire was started when three-year-old Amanda Bondie played, unsupervised, with a Bic disposable cigarette lighter that she had taken from her father’s coat pocket, as the coat lay in or near her father’s bedroom. Her father had purchased the Bic lighter.
The Bondies sued Bic Corporation (“Bic”), alleging negligence, breach of implied warranty, reckless and wanton misconduct, and a claim under the Consumer…
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