BONDIE v. BIC CORP.

Nos. 90-216390-2168.

947 F.2d 1531 (1991)

Dawn BONDIE, Individually and as next friend of Nicholas Bondie and Amanda Bondie, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. BIC CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Vestevich (briefed) and William J. Lamping (argued and briefed), Vestevich, Mallender, DuBois & Dritsas, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant cross-appellee.

Robert D. Brignall (briefed) and Thomas M. Peters (argued), Vandeveer, Garzia, Tonkin, Kerr, Heaphy, Moore & Sills, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellee cross-appellant.

James P. Delaney, Office of the Atty. Gen. of Michigan, Detroit, Mich., for intervenor.

Before MARTIN and JONES, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.


BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action for damages for personal injuries sustained in a house fire, Dawn Bondie, individually and as next friend of her children, Nicholas and Amanda Bondie, appeals from a judgment in favor of Bic Corporation ("Bic") and from an order denying her motion for a new trial. Asserting that it has no duty under Michigan law to make its cigarette lighters child resistant, Bic cross-appeals from the district court's denial...

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