White v. Crown Equipment Corp.

Shaw, Judge.

{¶ 1} The plaintiffs-appellants, James and Yolanda White, appeal from the November 9, 2004 judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Auglaize County, granting partial summary judgment in favor of the defendant-appellee, Crown Equipment Corporation (“Crown”). Although this appeal has been placed on the accelerated calendar, this court elects to issue a full opinion pursuant to Loe.R. 12(5).

{¶ 2} Crown is an Ohio corporation that manufactures lift trucks and sells its product through another company, OKI Systems, located in Ohio. On February 22, 1993, OKI systems sold a lift truck to…