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RCW 7.72.050

Relevance of industry custom, technological feasibility, and nongovernmental, legislative or administrative regulatory standards.

Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case 125 Wash. 2d 305 - Timberline Air Service, Inc. v. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC. (1994)

Most recently applied in 6 Cal. 5th 21 - Kim v. Toyota Motor Corp. (August 2018)

1981 c 27 s 6.

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(1) Evidence of custom in the product seller's industry, technological feasibility or that the product was or was not, in compliance with nongovernmental standards or with legislative regulatory standards or administrative regulatory standards, whether relating to design, construction or performance of the product or to warnings or instructions as to its use may be considered by the trier of fact.

(2) When the injury-causing aspect of the product was, at the time of manufacture, in compliance with a specific mandatory government contract specification relating to design or warnings, this compliance shall be an absolute defense. When the injury-causing aspect of the product was not, at the time of manufacture, in compliance with a specific mandatory government specification relating to design or warnings, the product shall be deemed not reasonably safe under RCW 7.72.030(1).

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