Tennessee § 29-28-101 - Short title.

§ 29-28-101. Short title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Products Liability Act of 1978.” Acts 1978, ch. 703, § 1; T.C.A., § 23-3701. Cross-References. Equine activities, liability, title 44, ch. 20. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 18 Tenn. Juris., Limitations of Actions, § 45. Law Reviews. Comments on the Report of the Governor's Commission on Tort and Liability Insurance Reform (Jerry J. Phillips), 53 Tenn. L. Rev. 679 (1986). Constitutional Law — Limitation of Actions — Application of the Products Liability Statute of Repose, 52 Tenn. L. Rev. 97 (1984). Constitutional Law — Limitation of Actions — Application of the Vested Rights Doctrine (David A. King), 51 Tenn. L. Rev. 129 (1983). Economic Loss in Strict Liability — Beyond the Realm of 402 A (Joe E. Manuel and Gregory B. Richards), 16 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 315 (1986). Is European Products Liability More Protective than The Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability?, 65 Tenn. L.Rev. 985 (1998). Mass Tort Litigation in Tennessee (Paul Campbell, III and Hugh J. Moore, Jr.), 53 Tenn. L. Rev. 221 (1986). New Home Construction Liability (Jeff Mueller), 43 Tenn. B.J. 18 (2007). 1985 Tennessee Survey: Selected Developments in Tennessee Law, 53 Tenn. L. Rev. 415 (1986). Power of Sale Foreclosure in Tennessee: A Section 1983 Trap (Jack Jones and J. Michael Ivens), 51 Tenn. L. Rev. 279 (1984). Pricing Lives for Corporate Risk Decisions, 68 Vand. L. Rev. 1117 (2015). Products Liability — Lessors as Warrantors of Fitness in Tennessee, 16 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 303 (1986). Punitive Damages and Business Organizations: A Pathetic Fallacy, 67 Tenn. L. Rev. 971 (2000). A Purposeful Approach to Products Liability Warnings and Non-English-Speaking Consumers, 47 Vand. L. Rev. 1107 (1994). Scientific Uncertainty and Causation in Tort Law, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1011 (2001). Skimming the Trout From the Milk: Using Circumstantial Evidence to Prove Product Defects Under the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability Section 3, Tennessee and Beyond, 68 Tenn. L. Rev. 647 (2001). Statutes of Limitations — Personal Injury, Property Damage and Breach of Warranty, 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 803. Successive Causes and the Enigma of Duplicated Harm, 66 Tenn. L. Rev. 1127 (1999). Symposium: On Product “Design Defects” and Their Actionability (John W. Wade), 33 Vand. L. Rev. 551 (1980). Symposium: Products Liability, Products For Use by Adults, and Injured Children: Back to the Future (M. Stuart Madden), 61 Tenn. L. Rev. 1205 (1994). Symposium: Rethinking the Policies of Strict Products Liability (David G. Owen), 33 Vand. L. Rev. 681 (1980). The Aftermath of Owens and Whitehead — Products Liability and Comparative Fault in Tennessee-How Deep Does the Relationship Run?, 32 U. Mem. L. Rev. 443 (2002). The Emperor's New Clothes: The American Law Institute Adorns a “New Cloth” for Section 402A Products Liability Design Defects — A Survey of the States Reveals a Different Weave (John F. Vargo), 26 U. Mem. L. Rev. 493 (1996). The Exclusiveness of an Employee's Workers' Compensation Remedy Against His Employer (Joseph H. King, Jr.), 55 Tenn. L. Rev. 405 (1988). The John W. Wade Conference on the Third Restatement of Torts, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 639 (2001). The Restatement (Third) of Products Liability: Is it a Reasonable Alternative Design to Tennessee's Products Liability Statute? (Robert S. Stevens), 39 U. Mem. L. Rev. 463 (2009). The Tennessee Products Liability Act, 9 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 105. The Tennessee Products Liability Act of 1978 (Irvin L. Tankersley), 14-4 Tenn. B.J. 11. The Theory of Enterprise Liability and Common Law Strict Liability, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 1285 (2001). Torts — Phillips v. Duro-Last Roofing, Inc.: Strictly Speaking, Comparative Negligence Principles Must Be Applied to Strict Liability Actions in Some States, 23 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 209 (1992). Transvaginal Mesh Litigation: A New Opportunity to Resolve Mass Medical Device Failure Claims, 80 Tenn. L. Rev. 477 (2013). Comparative Legislation. Products liability actions: Ala. Code § 6-5-500 et seq. Ark. Code § 4-86-102 et seq. Ga. O.C.G.A. § 51-1-11 et seq. Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 411.300 et seq. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 374.415. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99B-1 et seq. Va. Code § 8.2-318. Cited: Commercial Truck & Trailer Sales, Inc. v. McCampbell, 580 S.W.2d 765, 1979 Tenn. LEXIS 427 (Tenn. 1979); Caldwell v. Ford Motor Co., 619 S.W.2d 534, 1981 Tenn. App. LEXIS 520 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1981); Pemberton v. American Distilled Spirits Co., 664 S.W.2d 690, 1984 Tenn. LEXIS 917, 42 A.L.R.4th 245 (Tenn. 1984); Harrison v. Celotex Corp., 583 F. Supp. 1497, 1984 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17643 (E.D. Tenn. 1984); Murphy v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 779 F.2d 340, 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 25731 (6th Cir. Tenn. 1985); Higgs v. General Motors Corp., 655 F. Supp. 22, 1985 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12146 (E.D. Tenn. 1985); Baker v. Promark Products West, Inc., 692 S.W.2d 844, 1985 Tenn. LEXIS 531 (Tenn. 1985); Myers v. Hayes International Corp., 701 F. Supp. 618, 1988 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13348 (M.D. Tenn. 1988); Goode v. Tamko Asphalt Products, Inc., 783 S.W.2d 184, 1989 Tenn. LEXIS 528, 3 A.L.R.5th 1132 (Tenn. 1989); Brown v. McKinnon Bridge Co., 732 F. Supp. 1479, 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16940 (E.D. Tenn. 1989); Tatum v. Cordis Corp., 758 F. Supp. 457, 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2743 (M.D. Tenn. 1991); Curtis v. Universal Match Corp., 778 F. Supp. 1421, 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20246 (E.D. Tenn. 1991); Underwood v. Waterslides of Mid-America, Inc., 823 S.W.2d 171, 1991 Tenn. App. LEXIS 197 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1991); Harwell v. American Medical Systems, Inc., 803 F. Supp. 1287, 1992 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15671 (M.D. Tenn. 1992); Wright v. Dow Chem. U.S.A., 845 F. Supp. 503, 1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19458 (M.D. Tenn. 1993); Whitehead v. Toyota Motor Corp., 897 S.W.2d 684, 1995 Tenn. LEXIS 209 (Tenn. 1995); Davis v. Komatsu Am. Indus. Corp., 46 F. Supp. 2d 745, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9712 (W.D. Tenn. 1999); Hughes v. Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co., 2 S.W.3d 218, 1999 Tenn. App. LEXIS 154 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999); United States v. Kamen, 178 F.3d 1297, 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 19200 (6th Cir. Tenn. 1999); Martin v. Michelin N. Am., Inc., 92 F. Supp. 2d 745, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7793 (E.D. Tenn. 2000); Wielgus v. Dover Indus., 39 S.W.3d 124, 2000 Tenn. App. LEXIS 369 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000); Davis v. Komatsu Am. Indus. Corp., 42 S.W.3d 34, 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 356 (Tenn. 2001); Maino v. Southern Co., 253 S.W.3d 646, 2007 Tenn. App. LEXIS 711 (Tenn. Ct. App. Nov. 19, 2007); Flax v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., 272 S.W.3d 521, 2008 Tenn. LEXIS 505 (Tenn. July 24, 2008); Lincoln Gen. Ins. Co. v. Detroit Diesel Corp., 293 S.W.3d 487, 2009 Tenn. LEXIS 512 (Tenn. Aug. 21, 2009); Alexander v. Antonio Zamperla, S.P.A., — S.W.3d —, 2010 Tenn. App. LEXIS 549 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 27, 2010); Meals v. Ford Motor Co., — S.W.3d —, 2012 Tenn. App. LEXIS 234 (Tenn. Ct. App. Apr. 13, 2012).