One who sells any goods or products in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous to the user or consumer or to his property is subject to liability for physical harm thereby caused to a person whom the manufacturer, seller or supplier might reasonably have expected to use, consume or be affected by the goods, or to his property, if the seller is engaged in the business of selling such a product and it is expected to and does reach the user or consumer without significant change in the condition in which it is sold. This section applies although the seller has exercised all possible care in the preparation and sale of his product and the user or consumer has not bought the product from or entered into any contractual relation with the seller.
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 221
Defective or unreasonably dangerous goods
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Cline v. Prowler Industries of MaryLand, Inc. (1980)
Most recently applied in Starr Surplus Lines Ins. Co. v. Mountaire Farms Inc. (April 2019)
PL 1973, c. 466, §1 (NEW).
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Official source: Maine Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Maine statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.