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MO SB356

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/20/2013

Primary Sponsor

Mike Kehoe

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Origin

Senate

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds section 537.763 to Missouri law protecting manufacturers and sellers from product liability claims when a non-commercial purchaser or lessee materially alters a product

  • Defines "materially altered" as any change from the manufacturer's original design or substitution of parts that do not conform to manufacturer specifications

  • Applies the liability exemption to remanufactured products altered by first or subsequent purchasers/lessees not engaged in selling such products or using them as component parts

  • Excludes from protection any claims arising from defective or unsafe conditions of real property improvements

Legislative Description

Terminates a manufacturer's liability when a product is materially altered by a person not in the business of selling the product

Last Action

Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

4/15/2013

Committee Referrals

Judiciary And Civil And Criminal Jurisprudence2/28/2013

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