Skip to main content

SB80 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
SB80 Alabama 2015 Session
Senate Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Regular Session 2015
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Cam Ward
Republican
Session
Regular Session 2015
Title
Product liability, innovator liability, immunity for damages arising from product not designed, manufactured, sold, or leased by a manufacturer
Description

This bill would provide that a manufacturer is not liable, under any theory of liability, for damages resulting from a product not designed, manufactured, sold, or leased by the manufacturer.

This bill would also provide that if a manufacturer's design is copied without express authorization, the manufacturer is not subject to liability for personal injury, death, or property damage caused by the manufacturer's product even if use of the design is foreseeable.

Subjects
Civil Procedure

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

March 17, 2015 Senate Passed
Yes 32
Absent 3

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

April 28, 2015 House Passed
Yes 86
No 14
Absent 5

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

April 28, 2015 House Passed
Yes 78
No 16
Absent 11

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature