Temple v. Wean United, Inc.

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Celebuezze, J.

This is a products liability action brought under theories of negligence, implied warranty, and strict liability in tort. The latter two counts are virtually indistinguishable,1 and appellants concede by their brief that implied warranty has been included as a theory of liability in order to comply with the terminology of Ohio law.

The paramount Ohio decision in the law of products liability is Lonzrick v. Republic Steel Corp. (1966), 6 Ohio St. 2d 227. In Lonsrick this court traced the “slow, orderly and evolutionary development” in this area, and noted that Rogers v. Toni Home…