In all causes of action for personal injury or property damage brought on account of negligence, strict liability or breach of warranty, including actions brought under the Uniform Commercial Code, privity shall not be a requirement to maintain such action.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-34-104
Privity not required
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case John Martin Co. v. Morse/Diesel, Inc. (1991)
Most recently applied in Turnage v. Oldham (October 2018)
Acts 1972, ch. 670, § 1; T.C.A., § 23-3004.
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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.