Grounds for action
Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, a person
who sells, leases, or otherwise puts into the stream of commerce any
product in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous to any user
or consumer or to the user's or consumer's property is subject to
liability for physical harm caused by that product to the user or
consumer or to the user's or consumer's property if:
(1) that user or consumer is in the class of persons that the seller
should reasonably foresee as being subject to the harm caused
by the defective condition;
(2) the seller is engaged in the business of selling the product;
and
(3) the product is expected to and does reach the user or
consumer without substantial alteration in the condition in
which the product is sold by the person sought to be held liable
under this article.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.15.
Last modified: May 24, 2006