Case Name: Perkins v. Wilkinson Sword, Inc.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1998-01-28
Citations: 81 Ohio St. 3d 1430
Docket Number: 97-2507
Parties: Perkins v. Wilkinson Sword, Inc.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., F.E. Sweeney and Lundberg Stratton, JJ., dissent.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 81
Pages: 1430–1430

Head Matter:
97-2507.
Perkins v. Wilkinson Sword, Inc.

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.