Strict product liability in Ohio
Last checked Aug 15, 2026 · LawyerUnc editorial. Educational only, not legal advice.
Elements
1
Defendant in the chain
The defendant designed, manufactured, or sold the product in the stream of commerce.
2
Defect
The product was defective in design, manufacture, or warning when it left the defendant’s control.
3
Causation
The defect caused the plaintiff’s injury while the product was used in a reasonably foreseeable way.
4
Damages
Physical harm or, in some jurisdictions, specified economic loss.
Burden of proof
Preponderance of the evidence. The plaintiff generally does not have to prove negligence, but must prove a defect.
A Ohio fact pattern
Strict product liability in ohio.
Statute of limitations
2 years
Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.10
Two years from accrual. Product claims also face a ten-year repose from when the product was delivered to its first purchaser in many cases.
Repose: 10 years.
- The repose subsection is in § 2305.10(C). Latent disease has its own accrual language in (B).