Missouri § 537.760 Products liability claim defined.

Missouri Statutes

§ 537.760 — Products liability claim defined.

Missouri § 537.760

Title XXXVISTATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS

Ch. 537Torts and Actions for Damages

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Bluebook

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.760 (2026).

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As used in sections 537.760 to 537.765 , the term "products liability claim" means a claim or portion of a claim in which the plaintiff seeks relief in the form of damages on a theory that the defendant is strictly liable for such damages because:

(1)The defendant, wherever situated in the chain of commerce, transferred a product in the course of his business; and

(2)The product was used in a manner reasonably anticipated; and

(3)Either or both of the following:

(a)The product was then in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous when put to a reasonably anticipated use, and the plaintiff was damaged as a direct result of such defective condition as existed when the product was sold; or

(b)The product was then unreasonably dangerous when put to a reasonably anticipated us

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As used in sections 537.760 to 537.765 , the term "products liability claim" means a claim or portion of a claim in which the plaintiff seeks relief in the form of damages on a theory that the defendant is strictly liable for such damages because:

(1) The defendant, wherever situated in the chain of commerce, transferred a product in the course of his business; and

(2) The product was used in a manner reasonably anticipated; and

(3) Either or both of the following:

(a) The product was then in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous when put to a reasonably anticipated use, and the plaintiff was damaged as a direct result of such defective condition as existed when the product was sold; or

(b) The product was then unreasonably dangerous when put to a reasonably anticipated use without knowledge of its characteristics, and the plaintiff was damaged as a direct result of the product being sold without an adequate warning.