Troulos v. Production Abrasives, Inc.

These appeals and cross-appeal arise from certain rulings entered by the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, which will be more specifically addressed infra. Trial of this matter resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiffs-appellees/cross-appellants, Stavros and Ekaterine Troulos, in the aggregate amount of $825,000, against defendants-appellants/ciossappellees Wilhelm Wenzel and Production Abrasives, Inc.

I. THE FACTS, GENERALLY

Appellee Stavros Troulos was seriously injured on August 6, 1986 when a defectively manufactured abrasive polishing wheel, or "flapwheel", with which…