ZWIRN v. BIC CORP.


181 A.D.2d 574 (1992)

Beth Zwirn, Respondent, v. Bic Corporation, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 24, 1992


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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