Tennessee § 47-2-318 - Third party beneficiaries of warranties express or implied.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 47-2-318 — Third party beneficiaries of warranties express or implied., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 47-2-318. Third party beneficiaries of warranties express or implied.
A seller's warranty whether express or implied extends to any natural person who is in the family or household of his buyer or who is a guest in his home if it is reasonable to expect that such person may use, consume or be affected by the goods and who is injured in person by breach of the warranty. A seller may not exclude or limit the operation of this section. Acts 1963, ch. 81, § 1 (2-318). Cross-References. Privity not required, § 29-34-104 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Commercial Law, §§ 2, 12. Law Reviews. Breach of Implied Warranty: Has the Foreign/Natural Test Lost Its Bite?, 20 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 377 (1990). Cited: Ford Motor Co. v. Lonon, 217 Tenn. 400, 398 S.W.2d 240, 1966 Tenn. LEXIS 604 (1966); Baker v. Promark Products West, Inc., 692 S.W.2d 844, 1985 Tenn. LEXIS 531 (Tenn. 1985).
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 47-2-318 ("Third party beneficiaries of warranties express or implied.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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