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ORS 30.915

Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Jones v. General Motors Corp. (1997)

Most recently applied in 323 Or. App. 214 - Brown v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC (December 2022)

1977 c.843 §4

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It shall be a defense to a product liability civil action that an alteration or modification of a product occurred under the following circumstances:

(1) The alteration or modification was made without the consent of or was made not in accordance with the instructions or specifications of the manufacturer, distributor, seller or lessor;

(2) The alteration or modification was a substantial contributing factor to the personal injury, death or property damage; and

(3) If the alteration or modification was reasonably foreseeable, the manufacturer, distributor, seller or lessor gave adequate warning.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.