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2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 52-572q. Liability of product seller due to lack of adequate warnings or instructions.
Sec. 52-572q. Liability of product seller due to lack of adequate warnings or
instructions. (a) A product seller may be subject to liability for harm caused to a claimant
who proves by a fair preponderance of the evidence that the product was defective in
that adequate warnings or instructions were not provided.
(c) In claims based on this section, the claimant shall prove by a fair preponderance of the evidence that if adequate warnings or instructions had been provided, the claimant would not have suffered the harm.
(d) A product seller may not be considered to have provided adequate warnings or instructions unless they were devised to communicate with the person best able to take or recommend precautions against the potential harm.
(P.A. 79-483, S. 6; P.A. 90-191, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 90-191 amended Subsec. (d) to include warnings or instructions devised to communicate with the person best able to "recommend" precautions.
Cited. 187 C. 363, 371. Cited. 192 C. 280, 289. Cited. 200 C. 562, 570, 571. Cited. 203 C. 156, 158. Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. 204 C. 399-403, 405. Sec. 52-572m et seq., product liability statute, cited. Product liability act "abrogated common law indemnification principles in this area". 205 C. 694, 696-702. Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. 207 C. 575, 578, 579, 585; Id., 599, 601. Cited. 210 C. 189-191, 193. Product liability act cited. Id. Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. 212 C. 462, 464, 467; Id., 509, 520, 522, 524, 569. Cited. 213 C. 136, 144. Cited. 216 C. 65, 71-73, 83. Product liability act cited. Id. Product liability act, Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. 226 C. 282, 283, 286, 288, 291, 299. Cited. 228 C. 905. Cited. 229 C. 213-215, 217, 218, 222. Connecticut liability act Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. Id. Product liability act, Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. Id., 500, 501, 505, 508, 509, 512, 513, 515. Cited. 230 C. 12-16. Cited. 232 C. 915. Cited. 233 C. 732, 737. Cited. 236 C. 27-30. Provisions of Connecticut Product Liability Act cited. Id. Product Liability Act, Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. Id., 769, 770. Product Liability Act, Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. 241 C. 199. Product liability law discussed. Id.
Cited. 1 CA 48, 53. Cited. 3 CA 230, 231, 233. Cited. 8 CA 642, 643, 645. Cited. 16 CA 558, 559, 562, 569. P.A. 79-483 (products liability law) cited. Id. Cited. 30 CA 664, 665, 671. Cited. 31 CA 824-826, 828, 832-834, 837-839, 846- 848, 850. Connecticut product liability statute Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. Id. Cited. 32 CA 373, 375, 380; judgment reversed, see 229 C. 829 et seq. Cited. 36 CA 601, 602, 610-614, 617. Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. Id. Connecticut Product Liability Act cited. Id. Cited. 39 CA 635, 637. Product liability statutes, Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. Id. Connecticut Product Liability Act, Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. 41 CA 555, 557, 562. Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. Id., 856, 857. Product liability claim cited. Id. Product Liability Act, Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. 46 CA 18; Id., 699.
Cited. 40 CS 120-122. Cited. 41 CS 179-181. Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. 42 CS 153-155. Cited. 44 CS 510.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 229 C. 500, 509. Cited. 230 C. 12, 15.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 229 C. 500, 509. Cited. 230 C. 12, 14-16. Cited. 241 C. 199.
Cited. 16 CA 558, 574. Cited. 31 CA 824, 834, 839, 847, 849-851. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 824, 849. Subdiv. (2) recognizes that a sophisticated buyer may not need same level of warning as an ordinary buyer would. 76 CA 137.
Subsec. (c):
Cited. 229 C. 213, 218. Cited. 230 C. 12, 14, 15.
Cited. 16 CA 558, 573, 574. Cited. 31 CA 824, 835, 836, 838-840. Cited. 41 CA 555, 562.
Subsec. (d):
Cited. 36 CA 601, 615.
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