products liability action
products-liability action. A lawsuit brought against a manufacturer, seller, or lessor of a product — regardless of the substantive legal theory or theories upon which the lawsuit is brought — for personal injury, death, or property damage caused by the manufacture, construction, design, formulation, installation, preparation, or assembly of a product. — Also termed product-liability action. [Cases: Limitation of Actions 30; Products Liability 1; Sales 425. C.J.S. Limitations of Actions §§ 68–70, 72; Products Liability §§ 2–3; Sales §§ 237, 278–280, 284–286, 288.]
