8.2A-216 - A-216. Third-party beneficiaries of express and implied warranties. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.2A-216. Third-party beneficiaries of express and implied warranties.

Lack of privity between the plaintiff and the defendant shall be no defensein any action brought against the manufacturer or lessor of goods, other thanas lessor under a finance lease, to recover damages for breach of warranty,express or implied, or for negligence, although the plaintiff did not leasethe goods from the defendant, if the plaintiff was a person whom themanufacturer or lessor might reasonably have expected to use, consume, or beaffected by the goods.

(1991, c. 536.)