{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-9-2800.54","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 9:2800.54","heading":"Manufacturer responsibility and burden of proof","body":"A. The manufacturer of a product shall be liable to a claimant for damage proximately caused by a characteristic of the product that renders the product unreasonably dangerous when such damage arose from a reasonably anticipated use of the product by the claimant or another person or entity.\nB. A product is unreasonably dangerous if and only if:\n(1) The product is unreasonably dangerous in construction or composition as provided in R.S. 9:2800.55;\n(2) The product is unreasonably dangerous in design as provided in R.S. 9:2800.56;\n(3) The product is unreasonably dangerous because an adequate warning about the product has not been provided as provided in R.S. 9:2800.57; or\n(4) The product is unreasonably dangerous because it does not conform to an express warranty of the manufacturer about the product as provided in R.S. 9:2800.58.\nC. The characteristic of the product that renders it unreasonably dangerous under R.S. 9:2800.55 must exist at the time the product left the control of its manufacturer. The characteristic of the product that renders it unreasonably dangerous under R.S. 9:2800.56 or 9:2800.57 must exist at the time the product left the control of its manufacturer or result from a reasonably anticipated alteration or modification of the product.\nD. The claimant has the burden of proving the elements of Subsections A, B and C of this Section.","path":["TITLE 9. CIVIL CODE-ANCILLARIES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=107262","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:40Z","sha256":"3a7014246e0b10a789f27fb6ed2c3015bdc2a267407768c46316305e6e35b4af","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-9-2800.53","next":"us-la/rs-9-2800.55"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}