§55-7-31. Limitation on Products Liability Actions; Innocent Seller
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Manufacturer” means a person who designs, assembles, fabricates, produces, constructs or otherwise prepares a product or a component part of a product before the sale of the product to a user or consumer.
§55-7-21. Creating Presumption of Good Faith for Court-Appointed Licensed Psychologists and Psychiatrists Conducting a Child Custody Evaluation; Method for Assigning Court and Legal Fees
(a) A licensed psychologist or licensed psychiatrist who has been appointed by a court to conduct a child custody evaluation in a judicial proceeding shall be presumed to be acting in good faith if the evaluation has been conducted consistent with standards established by the American psychological association's guidelines for child custody evaluations in divorce […]
§55-7-22. Civil Relief for Persons Resisting Certain Criminal Activities
(a) A lawful occupant within a home or other place of residence is justified in using reasonable and proportionate force, including deadly force, against an intruder or attacker to prevent a forcible entry into the home or residence or to terminate the intruder's or attacker's unlawful entry if the occupant reasonably apprehends that the intruder […]
§55-7-23. Prescription Drugs and Medical Devices; Limiting Health Care Providers' Liability Exposure
(a) No health care provider, as defined in section two, article seven-b of this chapter, is liable to a patient or third party for injuries sustained as a result of the ingestion of a prescription drug or use of a medical device that was prescribed or used by the health care provider in accordance with […]
§55-7-25. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Actions; Complaint; Specific Amount of Damages Not to Be Stated
In any action to recover damages for personal injury or wrongful death, no specific dollar amount or figure relating to damages being sought may be included in the complaint. However, the complaint may include a statement reciting that the amount in controversy satisfies the minimum jurisdictional amount established for filing the action. Further, and pursuant […]
§55-7-26. First Responders Who Use Forced Entry in Response to 911 Call; Limited Immunity From Civil and Criminal Liability
(a) "First responder" includes: law-enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel and others that respond to calls for emergency medical assistance. (b) Neither a first responder nor his or her supervisor, agency, employer or supervising entity is liable for any civil damages or criminal liability resulting from a forcible entry of a home, business or […]
§55-7-27. Liability of Possessor of Real Property for Harm to a Trespasser
(a) A possessor of real property, including an owner, lessee or other lawful occupant, owes no duty of care to a trespasser except in those circumstances where a common-law right-of-action existed as of the effective date of this section, including the duty to refrain from willfully or wantonly causing the trespasser injury. (b) A possessor […]
§55-7-28. Limiting Civil Liability of a Possessor of Real Property for Injuries Caused by Open and Obvious Hazards
(a) A possessor of real property, including an owner, lessee or other lawful occupant, owes no duty of care to protect others against dangers that are open, obvious, reasonably apparent or as well known to the person injured as they are to the owner or occupant, and shall not be held liable for civil damages […]
§55-7-29. Limitations on Punitive Damages
(a) An award of punitive damages may only occur in a civil action against a defendant if a plaintiff establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the damages suffered were the result of the conduct that was carried out by the defendant with actual malice toward the plaintiff or a conscious, reckless and outrageous indifference […]
§55-7-30. Adequate Pharmaceutical Warnings; Limiting Civil Liability for Manufacturers or Sellers Who Provide Warning to a Learned Intermediary
(a) A manufacturer or seller of a prescription drug or medical device may not be held liable in a product liability action for a claim based upon inadequate warning or instruction unless the claimant proves, among other elements, that: (1) The manufacturer or seller of a prescription drug or medical device acted unreasonably in failing […]