Perkins v. Wilkinson Sword, Inc.

Ohio Supreme Court

Perkins v. Wilkinson Sword, Inc.

689 N.E.2d 50, 81 Ohio St. 3d 1430, 1998 Ohio LEXIS 403

CourtOhio Supreme Court

DecidedJanuary 28, 1998

Docket97-2507

StatusPublished

This text of 689 N.E.2d 50 (Perkins v. Wilkinson Sword, Inc.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Ohio Supreme Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Perkins v. Wilkinson Sword, Inc., 689 N.E.2d 50, 81 Ohio St. 3d 1430, 1998 Ohio LEXIS 403 (Ohio 1998).

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Opinion

Certified State Law Question, No. 96-4144. On review of preliminary memoranda and on motion for admission pro hoc vice of Carl A. Eek, Louis C. Long and Erie A. Kauffman. The motion for admission pro hoc vice is granted and the court will answer the question certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit:

“May the risk-benefit test of the Ohio Product Liability Act be used in attempting to prove a design defect in a properly functioning disposable cigarette lighter?”

Moyer, C.J., F.E. Sweeney and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., dissent.

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Certified State Law Question, No. 96-4144. On review of preliminary memoranda and on motion for admission pro hoc vice of Carl A. Eek, Louis C. Long and Erie A. Kauffman. The motion for admission pro hoc vice is granted and the court will answer the question certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit:

“May the risk-benefit test of the Ohio Product Liability Act be used in attempting to prove a design defect in a properly functioning disposable cigarette lighter?”

Moyer, C.J., F.E. Sweeney and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., dissent.

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689 N.E.2d 50, 81 Ohio St. 3d 1430, 1998 Ohio LEXIS 403, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/perkins-v-wilkinson-sword-inc-ohio-1998.