Ohio Code § 2307.73
Ohio Code § 2307.73. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2307.73.
(A) A manufacturer is subject to liability for compensatory damages based on a product
liability claim only if the claimant establishes, by a preponderance of the evidence,
all of the following: (1) Subject to division (B) of this section, the manufacturer's product in question was
defective in manufacture or construction as described in section 2307.74 of the Revised Code , was defective in design or formulation as described in section 2307.75 of the Revised Code , was defective due to inadequate warning or instruction as described in section 2307.76 of the Revised Code , or was defective because it did not conform to a representation made by its manufacturer
as described in section 2307.77 of the Revised Code ; (2) A defective aspect of the manufacturer's product in question as described in division
(A)(1) of this section was a proximate cause of harm for which the claimant seeks
to recover compensatory damages; (3) The manufacturer designed, formulated, produced, constructed, created, assembled,
or rebuilt the actual product that was the cause of harm for which the claimant seeks
to recover compensatory damages. (B) If a claimant is unable because the manufacturer's product in question was destroyed
to establish by direct evidence that the manufacturer's product in question was defective
or if a claimant otherwise is unable to establish by direct evidence that the manufacturer's
product in question was defective, then, consistent with the Rules of Evidence, it
shall be sufficient for the claimant to present circumstantial or other competent
evidence that establishes, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the manufacturer's
product in question was defective in any one of the four respects specified in division
(A)(1) of this section. (C) Proof that a manufacturer designed, formulated, produced, constructed, created, assembled,
or rebuilt the type of product in question is not proof that the manufacturer designed,
formulated, produced, constructed, created, assembled, or rebuilt the actual defective
product in the product liability claim. A manufacturer may not be held liable in a product liability action based on market
share, enterprise, or industrywide liability.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2307.73
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
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