TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 5, 2021

The Tennessee Supreme Court yesterday determined that, per the Tennessee Products Liability Act, a manufacturer is not liable for injuries resulting from products it did not make or sell. The opinion stems from a case in which a plaintiff filed suit against several industrial equipment manufacturers, claiming they were liable under the Tennessee Products Liability Act for failing to warn him that the materials needed to repair and maintain their products contained asbestos, ultimately causing him to develop mesothelioma. The high court held that the Products Liability Act does not impose upon the equipment defendants a duty to warn about products that did not contain asbestos when they left the defendants’ control. Read more on the case from the Administrative Office of the Courts.