MS HB333

Amends Mississippi Code Section 11-1-63 to include product designers alongside manufacturers and sellers in products liability provisions.

Designers are now subject to the same liability standards as manufacturers and sellers, including requirements to prove product defects and unreasonably dangerous conditions caused damages.

Extends manufacturer indemnification obligations to include designers, requiring manufacturers to indemnify designers for litigation costs, expenses, attorney's fees, and damages unless the designer exercised substantial control over the defective aspect or had actual knowledge of the defect.

Provides that non-manufacturer designers are not liable unless they exercised substantial control over the defective aspect, altered or modified the product in a way that caused harm, or had actual or constructive knowledge of the defect.

Effective July 1, 2013.