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FLOYD v. BIC CORP.

Civ. A. No. 1:89-cv-401-RLV.

790 F.Supp. 276 (1992)

Mitchell FLOYD and Donna Floyd, as Parents and Next Friends of Mindy Floyd, a Minor, Plaintiffs, v. BIC CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

January 10, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy E. Barnes, Charles B. Tanksley, Barnes Browning Tanksley & Casurella, Marietta, Ga., Adcus Lee Crawley, Office of Adcus Lee Crawley, Smyrna, Ga., John R. Overchuck, pro hac vice, Overchuck Langa & Crews, Orlando, Fla., for plaintiffs.

Kent Taylor Stair, Robert Michael Ethridge, Webb Carlock Copeland Semler & Stair, Atlanta, Ga., Frank M. Palmour, John Edwin Fisher, pro hac vice, Fisher Rushmer Werrenrath Keiner Wack & Dickson, Orlando, Fla., for defendant.

ORDER

VINING, District Judge.

This is a personal injury action in which the plaintiffs allege that a minor child was injured when she was burned as the result of an allegedly defective or negligently designed adjustable butane lighter manufactured by the defendant. Pending before the court is the defendant's motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of whether the defendant had a duty to manufacture a child-proof lighter.

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