Carrel v. Allied Products Corp.

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 78 Ohio St.3d 284.] CARREL, APPELLANT, V. ALLIED PRODUCTS CORPORATION, APPELLEE, ET AL. [Cite as Carrel v. Allied Products Corp.,

1997-Ohio-12.] Products liability—Civil actions—Common-law action of negligent design survives enactment of Ohio Products Liability Act—Employer and employee—Torts—In a products liability case, assumption of the risk may be a viable defense against an employee injured by a defective product in the workplace—Employee deemed to have voluntarily exposed himself to risk, when—Defense of assumption of risk not…