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TODD v. SOCIETE BIC, S.A.

No. 92-1201.

9 F.3d 1216 (1993)

Rodney TODD, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Tiffany Todd, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOCIETE BIC, S.A., and BIC Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 12, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Nolan, Joseph T. McGuire (argued), Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas H. Fegan, Johnson & Bell, Jeffrey M. Rubin, David A. Bonoma, Pope & John, Chicago, IL, Michael S. Ryan, William L. Moran (argued), Murnane, Conlin, White, Brandt & Hoffman, St. Paul, MN, for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS, BAUER, CUDAHY, COFFEY, FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, MANION, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

In March 1988 Cori Smith, then four years old, picked up a cigarette lighter and set a small fire in her parents' bedroom. She was admonished not to play with lighters or matches — of which the household had many, because all four adults smoked cigarettes. About a week later Cori found a BIC lighter on a table in the living room. Cori used the lighter to set ablaze some papers in the bedroom...

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