Ohio Supreme Court, 1977

The court approved Section 402A of the Restatement of Torts (Second) as Ohio's standard for strict liability in tort and held that the power press was not defective when sold because the purchaser substantially altered its safety device.

The Supreme Court of Ohio reversed the Court of Appeals, which had held that the trial judge abused his discretion in refusing to let the defendant withdraw his guilty plea to nonsupport roughly seven years after sentencing. Treating Ohio's Crim. R.