Sec. 3. A product liability action based on the doctrine of strict liability in tort may not be commenced or maintained against a seller of a product that is alleged to contain or possess a defective condition unreasonably dangerous to the user or consumer unless the seller is a manufacturer of the product or of the part of the product alleged to be defective.
Ind. Code § 34-20-2-3
Strict liability of manufacturer
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc. v. Moore (2010)
Most recently applied in McQuivey v. Fulmer Helmets, Inc. (July 2014)
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.15.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.