Where the seller at the time of contracting has reason to know any particular purpose for which the goods are required and that the buyer is relying on the seller's skill or judgment to select or furnish suitable goods, there is unless excluded or modified under the next section (SECTION 36-2-316) an implied warranty that the goods shall be fit for such purpose.
S.C. Code Ann. § 36-2-315
Implied warranty: Fitness for particular purpose
Known as the Uniform Commercial Code
The act spans §§ 36–36 (519 sections).
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case Samson v. Greenville Hospital System (1988)
Most recently applied in Green v. Bradley Co. (July 2016)
1962 Code SECTION 10.2-315; 1966 (54) 2716.
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