Carrel v. Allied Products Corp.

Citations

• 1997 Ohio 12
• 78 Ohio St. 3d 284

Syllabus

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 available, when.