8.2-318 - When lack of privity no defense in action against manufacturer or seller of goods. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.2-318. When lack of privity no defense in action against manufacturer orseller of goods.

Lack of privity between plaintiff and defendant shall be no defense in anyaction brought against the manufacturer or seller of goods to recover damagesfor breach of warranty, express or implied, or for negligence, although theplaintiff did not purchase the goods from the defendant, if the plaintiff wasa person whom the manufacturer or seller might reasonably have expected touse, consume, or be affected by the goods; however, this section shall not beconstrued to affect any litigation pending on June 29, 1962.

(Code 1950, § 8-654.3; 1962, c. 476; 1964, c. 219.)