Sec. 9. (a) As used in this chapter, "product liability" means 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.
(b) The term "product liability" does not include the liability of a person for damages described in subsection (a) if the product involved was in the possession of that person when the incident giving rise to the liability occurred.
As added by P.L.162-1988, SEC.2.