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Current as of June 28, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
As used in this section and sections 52-240a, 52-240b, 52-572n to 52-572q, inclusive, and 52-577a:
(a) “Product seller” means any person or entity, including a manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor or retailer who is engaged in the business of selling such products whether the sale is for resale or for use or consumption. The term “product seller” also includes lessors or bailors of products who are engaged in the business of leasing or bailment of products.
(b) “Product liability claim” includes all claims or actions brought for personal injury, death or property damage caused by the manufacture, construction, design, formula, preparation, assembly, installation, testing, warnings, instructions, marketing, packaging or labeling of any product. “Product liability claim” shall include, but is not limited to, all actions based on the following theories: Strict liability in tort; negligence; breach of warranty, express or implied; breach of or failure to discharge a duty to warn or instruct, whether negligent or innocent; misrepresentation or nondisclosure, whether negligent or innocent.
(c) “Claimant” means a person asserting a product liability claim for damages incurred by the claimant or one for whom the claimant is acting in a representative capacity.
(d) “Harm” includes damage to property, including the product itself, and personal injuries including wrongful death. As between commercial parties, “harm” does not include commercial loss.
(e) “Manufacturer” includes product sellers who design, assemble, fabricate, construct, process, package or otherwise prepare a product or component part of a product prior to its sale to a user or consumer. It includes a product seller or entity not otherwise a manufacturer that holds itself out as a manufacturer.
(f) Deleted (1979, P.A. 79-631, § 106, eff. July 6, 1979.)
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 52. Civil Actions § 52-572m. Product liability actions. Definitions - last updated June 28, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-52-civil-actions/ct-gen-st-sect-52-572m.html
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