Sec. 52-572n. Product liability claims. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 52-572n. Product liability claims. (a) A product liability claim as provided in sections 52-240a, 52-240b, 52-572m to 52-572q, inclusive, and 52-577a may be asserted and shall be in lieu of all other claims against product sellers, including actions of negligence, strict liability and warranty, for harm caused by a product.

      (b) A claim may be asserted successfully under said sections notwithstanding the claimant did not buy the product from or enter into any contractual relationship with the product seller.

      (c) As between commercial parties, commercial loss caused by a product is not harm and may not be recovered by a commercial claimant in a product liability claim. An action for commercial loss caused by a product may be brought only under, and shall be governed by, title 42a, the Uniform Commercial Code.

      (P.A. 79-483, S. 2; P.A. 82-160, S. 243; P.A. 84-509, S. 2; 84-546, S. 121, 173.)

      History: P.A. 82-160 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting incorrect statutory references; P.A. 84-509 added Subsec. (c) re the recovery of commercial loss caused by a product; P.A. 84-546 deleted reference to Sec. 38-370o in Subsec. (a); (Revisor's note: The reference in Subsec. (a) to Secs. "52-572n to 52-572r" was changed editorially by the Revisors to Secs. "52-572n to 52-572q" to reflect the repeal of Sec. 52-572r by P.A. 93-228, S. 34, 35).

      Cited. 187 C. 363. Cited. 192 C. 280. Cited. 200 C. 562. Cited. 203 C. 156. Sec. 52-572n et seq. cited. 204 C. 399. Sec. 52-572m et seq., product liability act, "abrogated common law indemnification principles in this area". 205 C. 694. Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. 207 C. 575; Id., 599. Cited. 210 C. 189. Product liability act cited. Id. Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. 212 C. 462; Id., 509. Cited. 213 C. 136. Cited. 216 C. 65. Product liability act cited. Id. Cited. 226 C. 282. Product liability act, Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. Id. Connecticut product liability act Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. 229 C. 213; Id., 500. Cited. 233 C. 732. Product Liability Act, Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. 236 C. 769. Product Liability Act, 241 C. 199. Sec. 51-572m et seq. cited. 241 C. 199. Product liability law discussed. Id.

      Cited. 1 CA 48. Cited. 2 CA 308. Party has option of pleading common law theories or pleading under the statute. 3 CA 230. Cited. 8 CA 642. P.A. 79-483 (products liability law) cited. 16 CA 558. Cited. 30 CA 664. Cited. 31 CA 824. Connecticut product liability statute Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. Id. Cited. 36 CA 601. Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. Id. Connecticut Product Liability Act cited. Id. Cited. 39 CA 635. Product liability statutes, Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. Id. Connecticut Product Liability Act, Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. 41 CA 555. Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. Id., 856. Product liability claim cited. Id. Product Liability Act, Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. 46 CA 18; Id., 699.

      Cited. 40 CS 74; Id., 120. Cited. 41 CS 179. Cited. 42 CS 153. Sec. 52-572m et seq. cited. Id. Cited. 44 CS 510.

      Subsec. (a):

      Provides an exclusive remedy; common law cause of action for claim within the scope of statute is barred. 200 C. 562. Products liability act provides exclusive remedy for such claims. 212 C. 462. Does not prevent plaintiff who seeks damages under Connecticut Product Liability Act, sec. 52-572m et seq., for injuries caused by allegedly defective product from also asserting a claim under Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act, sec. 42-110a et seq., for damages alleged to have been caused by product seller's deceptive scheme to misrepresent and conceal the product defect. 263 C. 120. Claim that defendant breached duty to warn of dangerous and hazardous condition of rented scaffolding is barred by exclusivity provision of subsec. 284 C. 16.

      Cited. 46 CA 18.

      Product liability claim replaces negligence and warranty actions against product sellers only. 36 CS 137.