GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 987

Short Title:  Product Liability/Workers' Comp.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Cooper.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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April 3, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW AN EMPLOYEE OF A BUYER WHO IS COVERED BY WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE TO BRING A PRODUCT LIABILITY ACTION AGAINST THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PRODUCT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 99B-2(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A claimant who is a buyer, as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, of the product involved, or who is a member or a guest of a member of the family of the buyer, a guest of the buyer, or an employee of the buyer may bring a product liability action directly against the manufacturer of the product involved for breach of implied warranty; and the lack of privity of contract shall not be grounds for the dismissal of such action.”
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies to all product liability actions where final judgment has not been rendered before that date.