Legal Opinion
Perkins v. Wilkinson Sword, Inc.
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided November 10, 1998No. 97-2507PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAlice Robie Resnick, J.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has certified the following question to this court for our determination:
“May the risk-benefit test of the Ohio Products Liability Act be used in attempting to prove a design defect in a properly functioning disposable cigarette lighter?”
For the reasons that follow, we answer the certified question in the affirmative.
In cases arising prior to the enactment of the Ohio Products Liability Act, we established that there are “two alternatives available to determine whether a product design is in a defective condition * * *[:] the…
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