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PERDUE v. BIC CORPORATION

No. 89-1366.

471 N.W.2d 618 (1991)

Clara L. PERDUE, Executor of the Lloyd O. Perdue Estate, Appellant, v. BIC CORPORATION, Appellee, and The Farner Co., Incorporated, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing July 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. White and William L. Moran of Murnane, Conlin, White, Brandt & Hoffman, St. Paul, Minn., and Hugh Cain of Duncan, Jones, Riley & Finley, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

John N. Moreland and Timothy J. McKay of McKay, Moreland & Webber, P.C., Ottumwa, for appellant.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, NEUMAN and ANDREASEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

This wrongful death suit alleged that plaintiff's decedent suffered his fatal injuries when a Bic lighter exploded, setting fire to decedent's clothes. Defendant's theory was that the fire resulted from another cause.

Multitheories of liability were submitted for jury consideration. The jury found for the plaintiff, fixed damages at $90,000, and assigned fault at eighty percent to Bic and twenty percent to plaintiff's decedent. Bic's posttrial...

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