South Dakota § 20-9-10 Product's manufacturer, assembler, or seller immune from strict liability for injury caused by certain alterations or modifications.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 20-9-10 — Product's manufacturer, assembler, or seller immune from strict liability for injury caused by certain alterations or modifications.

South Dakota § 20-9-10

Title 20PERSONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

Ch. 20-8LIABILITY FOR TORTS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 20-9-10 (2026).

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No manufacturer, assembler, or seller of a product may be held liable for damages for personal injury, death, or property damage sustained by reason of the doctrine of strict liability in tort based on a defect in a product, or failure to warn or protect against a danger or hazard in the use or misuse of such a product, or failure to properly instruct in the use or misuse of such product, where a proximate cause of the injury, death, or damage was an alteration or modification of such product made under all of the following circumstances:

(1)The alteration or modification was made subsequent to the manufacture, assembly, or sale of the product;

(2)The alteration or modification altered or modified the purpose, use, function, design, or manner of use of the product from that origina

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No manufacturer, assembler, or seller of a product may be held liable for damages for personal injury, death, or property damage sustained by reason of the doctrine of strict liability in tort based on a defect in a product, or failure to warn or protect against a danger or hazard in the use or misuse of such a product, or failure to properly instruct in the use or misuse of such product, where a proximate cause of the injury, death, or damage was an alteration or modification of such product made under all of the following circumstances: (1) The alteration or modification was made subsequent to the manufacture, assembly, or sale of the product; (2) The alteration or modification altered or modified the purpose, use, function, design, or manner of use of the product from that originally designed, tested, or intended by the manufacturer, assembler, or seller; and (3) It was not foreseeable by the manufacturer, assembler, or seller of the product that the alteration or modification would be made, and, if made, that it would render the product unsafe.