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6-5-530
Section 6-5-530 Liability for damages. (a) In any civil action for personal injury,
death, or property damage caused by a product, regardless of the type of claims alleged or
the theory of liability asserted, the plaintiff must prove, among other elements, that the
defendant designed, manufactured, sold, or leased the particular product the use of which
is alleged to have caused the injury on which the claim is based, and not a similar
or equivalent product. Designers, manufacturers, sellers, or lessors of products not identified
as having been used, ingested, or encountered by an allegedly injured party may not be held
liable for any alleged injury. A person, firm, corporation, association, partnership,
or other legal or business entity whose design is copied or otherwise used by a manufacturer
without the designer's express authorization is not subject to liability for personal
injury, death, or property damage caused by the manufacturer's product, even if use
of the design is...
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6-5-521
Section 6-5-521 "Product liability action" defined. (a) A "product liability
action" means any action brought by a natural person for personal injury,
death, or property damage caused by the manufacture, construction, design, formula, preparation,
assembly, installation, testing, warnings, instructions, marketing, packaging, or labeling
of a manufactured product when such action is based upon (1) negligence, (2) innocent or negligent
misrepresentation, (3) the manufacturer's liability doctrine, (4) the Alabama extended manufacturer's
liability doctrine as it exists or is hereafter construed or modified, (5) breach of any implied
warranty, or (6) breach of any oral express warranty and no other. A product liability action
does not include an action for contribution or indemnity. (b) No product liability action
may be asserted or may be provided a claim for relief against any distributor, wholesaler,
dealer, retailer, or seller of a product, or against an individual or business entity...
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6-5-501
to business, sells or otherwise distributes a manufactured product (a) prior to or (b) at the
time the manufactured product is first put to use by any person or business entity who did
not acquire the manufactured product for either resale or other distribution in its unused
condition or for incorporation as a component part in a manufactured product which is to be
sold or otherwise distributed in its unused condition. (2) PRODUCT LIABILITY ACTION. Any action
brought by a natural person for personal injury, death, or property damage caused
by the manufacture, construction, design, formula, preparation, assembly, installation, testing,
warnings, instructions, marketing, packaging, or labeling of a manufactured product when such
action is based upon (a) negligence, (b) innocent or negligent misrepresentation, (c) the
manufacturer's liability doctrine, (d) the Alabama extended manufacturer's liability doctrine,
as it exists or is hereafter construed or modified, (e) breach of any...
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25-5-11
the employee was entitled. For purposes of this amendatory act, the employer shall be entitled
to subrogation for medical and vocational benefits expended by the employer on behalf of the
employee; however, if a judgment in an action brought pursuant to this section is uncollectible
in part, the employer's entitlement to subrogation for such medical and vocational benefits
shall be in proportion to the ratio the amount of the judgment collected bears to the total
amount of the judgment. (b) If personal injury or death to any employee results
from the willful conduct, as defined in subsection (c) herein, of any officer, director, agent,
or employee of the same employer or any workers' compensation insurance carrier of the employer
or any person, firm, association, trust, fund, or corporation responsible for servicing any
payment of workers' compensation claims for the employer, or any officer, director, agent,
or employee of the carrier, person, firm, association, trust, fund, or...
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27-60-2
committees as its bylaws may provide for the carrying out of its functions. 4. Corporate records
of the commission. The commission shall maintain its corporate books and records in accordance
with the bylaws. 5. Qualified immunity, defense, and indemnification. a. The members, officers,
executive director, employees, and representatives of the commission shall be immune from
suit and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for any claim for damage
to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused by
or arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred, or that the
person against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within
the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities. Nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to protect any such person from suit or liability, or both, for any damage,
loss, injury, or liability caused by the intentional or willful and wanton...
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27-61-1
functions. 5. CORPORATE RECORDS OF THE COMMISSION The Commission shall maintain its corporate
books and records in accordance with the Bylaws. 6. QUALIFIED IMMUNITY, DEFENSE, AND INDEMNIFICATION
a. The Members, officers, executive director, employees, and representatives of the Commission,
the Executive Committee, and any other Committee of the Commission shall be immune from suit
and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for any claim for damage to
or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused by or
arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred, or that the person
against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope
of Commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided that nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to protect any such person from suit and/or liability for any damage, loss,
injury, or liability caused by the intentional or willful or wanton...
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36-18-37
Section 36-18-37 Immunity from civil liability. (a) Neither the Director of the Alabama Department
of Forensic Sciences nor any person designated by the director for the purposes of taking,
collecting, storing, analyzing or testing DNA samples shall incur any civil liability when
such taking, collecting, storing, analyzing or testing is performed according to rules or
regulations promulgated or adopted by the director, and (b) The alleged damage or injury
was not caused by willful or wanton conduct by the director or the director's designated person.
(Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-804, p. 109, ยง18.)...
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34-24-533
and duties as may be specified in the bylaws. The chairperson, or in the chairperson's absence
or disability, the vice chairperson, shall preside at all meetings of the interstate commission.
(c) Officers selected in subsection (b) shall serve without remuneration from the interstate
commission. (d) The officers and employees of the interstate commission shall be immune from
suit and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for a claim for damage
to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused or
arising out of, or relating to, an actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred,
or that such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred, within the scope of interstate
commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided that this subsection expressly
incorporates Section 36-1-12, and neither expands nor limits the protections under that statute.
(1) The liability of the executive director and employees of the...
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27-31A-2
investment policies, and reinsurance agreements. g. Identification of each state in which the
risk retention group has obtained, or sought to obtain, a charter and license, and a description
of its status in each state. h. Other matters as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of
Insurance, or like official, in which the risk retention group is chartered for liability
insurance companies authorized by the insurance laws of that state. (9) PRODUCT LIABILITY.
Liability for damages because of any personal injury, death, emotional harm,
consequential economic damage, or property damage, including damages resulting from the loss
of use of property, arising out of the manufacture, design, importation, distribution, packaging,
labeling, lease, or sale of a product, but does not include the liability of any person for
those damages if the product involved was in the possession of the person when the incident
giving rise to the claim occurred. (10) PURCHASING GROUP. Any group which meets all...
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44-2-10
Interstate Commission may deem appropriate. The executive director shall serve as secretary
to the Interstate Commission, but shall not be a member and shall hire and supervise such
other staff as may be authorized by the Interstate Commission. Section C. Qualified immunity,
defense and indemnification 1. The Commission's executive director and employees shall be
immune from suit and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for any claim
for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability
caused or arising out of or relating to any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that
occurred, or that such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope
of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided, that any such person shall
not be protected from suit or liability for any damage, loss, injury, or liability
caused by the intentional or willful and wanton misconduct of any such person or caused by
acts or...
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