Sec. 4. If a court is unable to hold jurisdiction over a particular manufacturer of a product or part of a product alleged to be defective, then that manufacturer's principal distributor or seller over whom a court may hold jurisdiction shall be considered, for the purposes of this chapter, the manufacturer of the product.
Ind. Code § 34-20-2-4
Principal distributor or seller considered manufacturer
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Kennedy v. Guess, Inc. (2004)
Most recently applied in Depuy Orthopaedics Inc. and, Johnson & Johnson v. Travis Brown (May 2014)
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.15.
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Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.