Colorado § 13-21-401 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 13-21-401 — Definitions

Colorado § 13-21-401

Title 13Courts

Art.Damages

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-21-401 (2026).

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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Manufacturer means a person or entity who designs, assembles, fabricates, produces, constructs, or otherwise prepares a product or a component part of a product prior to the sale of the product to a user or consumer. The term includes any seller who has actual knowledge of a defect in a product or a seller of a product who creates and furnishes a manufacturer with specifications relevant to the alleged defect for producing the product or who otherwise exercises some significant control over all or a portion of the manufacturing process or who alters or modifies a product in any significant manner after the product comes into his possession and before it is sold to the ultimate user or consumer. The term also incl

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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Manufacturer means a person or entity who designs, assembles,
fabricates, produces, constructs, or otherwise prepares a product or a component
part of a product prior to the sale of the product to a user or consumer. The term
includes any seller who has actual knowledge of a defect in a product or a seller of
a product who creates and furnishes a manufacturer with specifications relevant to
the alleged defect for producing the product or who otherwise exercises some
significant control over all or a portion of the manufacturing process or who alters
or modifies a product in any significant manner after the product comes into his
possession and before it is sold to the ultimate user or consumer. The term also
includes any seller of a product who is owned in whole or significant part by the
manufacturer or who owns, in whole or significant part, the manufacturer. A seller
not otherwise a manufacturer shall not be deemed to be a manufacturer merely
because he places or has placed a private label on a product if he did not otherwise
specify how the product shall be produced or control, in some significant manner,
the manufacturing process of the product and the seller discloses who the actual
manufacturer is.

(2) Product liability action means any action brought against a
manufacturer or seller of a product, regardless of the substantive legal theory or
theories upon which the action is brought, for or on account of personal injury,
death, or property damage caused by or resulting from the manufacture,
construction, design, formula, installation, preparation, assembly, testing,
packaging, labeling, or sale of any product, or the failure to warn or protect against
a danger or hazard in the use, misuse, or unintended use of any product, or the
failure to provide proper instructions for the use of any product.

(3) Seller means any individual or entity, including a manufacturer,
wholesaler, distributor, or retailer, who is engaged in the business of selling or
leasing any product for resale, use, or consumption.