Linert v. Foutz (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} In this appeal, appellees, Ross and Brenda Linert, contend that appellant, Ford Motor Company, is responsible for the severe injuries Ross sustained in a motor-vehicle accident caused when an intoxicated driver, Adrien Foutz, struck Ross’s 2005 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor (“CVPI”) from behind, triggering a fuel-fed fire.

*470{¶ 2} We address the Linerts’ claim that the trial court should have instructed the jury on R.C. 2307.76(A)(2), Ohio’s statute governing manufacturers’ post-market duty to warn consumers of risks associated with a product that are not discovered until after the…