GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES, INC. v. JONES

Nos. 96-SC-685-DG, 97-SC-182-DG.

975 S.W.2d 100 (1998)

GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant, v. James JONES, Appellee, and James JONES, Cross-Appellant, v. GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES, INC., Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

September 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin L. Murphy, Covington, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Michael J. O'Hara, David B. Sloan, Covington, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Garis L. Pruitt, Catlesttsburg, for amicus curiae The Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorney.


WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This is a significant products liability case presenting a novel strict liability issue involving comment (f) to section 402A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts. Griffin Industries sought discretionary review from an opinion of a Court of Appeals' panel which rendered a 21-Page published opinion affirming in part and reversing in part and remanding for retrial part of the complaint filed by plaintiff/respondent James Jones. A separate concurring...

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