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RAY BY HOLMAN v. BIC CORP.

925 S.W.2d 527 (1996)

Frederick Turner RAY, a Minor by Next Friend and Natural Mother, Erma L. HOLMAN, Plaintiff/Petitioner, v. BIC CORPORATION, Defendant/Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

July 15, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Anthony Deal, Paul Berry Cooper, III, Memphis, for Plaintiff/Petitioner.

J. Brook Lathram, Susan M. Clark, Memphis, for Defendant/Respondent.

OPINION

WHITE, Justice.

In this Rule 23 case we are called upon to address whether our products liability statute, codified at Tennessee Code Annotated Section 29-28-101 to -108, provides for a risk-utility test in addition to the consumer expectation test for determining whether a product is unreasonably dangerous. For the reasons set forth below, we hold that our present statute provides for two tests: the consumer expectation test and the prudent manufacturer...

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