If the injury-causing aspect of the aviation product was not, at the time of manufacture, in compliance with a mandatory government contract specification relating to design, or if the specification related to warnings or instructions that were not in compliance with a mandatory government contract specification relating to warnings or instruction, no presumption exists and the burdens of proof applicable to nonaviation products liability actions apply.
S.D. Codified Laws § 21-63-9
Product not in compliance with mandatory government contract specification
Source: SL 2011, ch 113, § 9.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.