Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.760

Products liability claim defined

Known as the Agritourism Promotion Act

The act spans §§ 537–537 (141 sections).

Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case Horstmyer v. Black & Decker, (U.S.), Inc. (1998)

Most recently applied in Williams v. Bayer Corp. (December 2017)

Effective: 01 Jul 1987, see footnote; (L. 1987 H.B. 700 § 33)

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As used in sections 537.760 to 537.765, the term "products liability claim" means a claim or portion of a claim in which the plaintiff seeks relief in the form of damages on a theory that the defendant is strictly liable for such damages because:

(1) The defendant, wherever situated in the chain of commerce, transferred a product in the course of his business; and

(2) The product was used in a manner reasonably anticipated; and

(3) Either or both of the following:

(a) The product was then in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous when put to a reasonably anticipated use, and the plaintiff was damaged as a direct result of such defective condition as existed when the product was sold; or

(b) The product was then unreasonably dangerous when put to a reasonably anticipated use without knowledge of its characteristics, and the plaintiff was damaged as a direct result of the product being sold without an adequate warning.

Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.