If a product is not unreasonably dangerous at the time it leaves the control of the manufacturer or seller but was made unreasonably dangerous by subsequent unforeseeable alteration, change, improper maintenance or abnormal use, the manufacturer or seller is not liable.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-28-108
Product altered or abnormally used
Known as the Tennessee Products Liability Act
The act spans §§ 29-28-101–29-28-108 (8 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Snyder v. LTG Lufttechnische GmbH (1997)
Most recently applied in Davis v. Komatsu America Industries Corp. (April 2001)
Acts 1978, ch. 703, § 9; T.C.A., § 23-3708.
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Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.