Plaintiff commenced a products liability action against the Bic Corporation alleging that she sustained personal injuries when a cigarette lighter she had purchased on May 5, 1986 malfunctioned in such a manner as to cause a flame to shoot out and burn her face and head. The lighter was preserved and later was examined by personnel of the Bic Corporation, a U.S. company based in Milford, Connecticut ("Bic USA"), which is a subsidiary of Societe Bic, S. A., a French Corporation...
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