Substantial Alteration Defense

A manufacturer is not responsible for harm caused by a product if the product was substantially altered in a manner that was not reasonably foreseeable after it left the manufacturer's control.

SUBSTANTIAL ALTERATION / ABNORMAL USE DEFENSE

A manufacturer is not responsible for harm caused by a product if the product was substantially altered in a manner that was not reasonably foreseeable after it left the manufacturer's control.(1)

1.Temple v. Wean United, Inc., 50 Ohio St. 2d 317, 323, 364 N.E.2d 267, 271 (1977); see also Ohio Rev. Code Ann. §§2307.74-2307.75 (manufacturer is not liable for a product defect in manufacture, construction, design or formulation if such defect did not exist when it left the manufacturer’s control).