{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-9-2800.59","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 9:2800.59","heading":"Manufacturer knowledge, design feasibility and burden of proof","body":"A. Notwithstanding R.S. 9:2800.56, a manufacturer of a product shall not be liable for damage proximately caused by a characteristic of the product's design if the manufacturer proves that, at the time the product left his control:\n(1) He did not know and, in light of then-existing reasonably available scientific and technological knowledge, could not have known of the design characteristic that caused the damage or the danger of such characteristic; or\n(2) He did not know and, in light of then-existing reasonably available scientific and technological knowledge, could not have known of the alternative design identified by the claimant under R.S. 9:2800.56(1); or\n(3) The alternative design identified by the claimant under R.S. 9:2800.56(1) was not feasible, in light of then-existing reasonably available scientific and technological knowledge or then-existing economic practicality.\nB. Notwithstanding R.S. 9:2800.57(A) or (B), a manufacturer of a product shall not be liable for damage proximately caused by a characteristic of the product if the manufacturer proves that, at the time the product left his control, he did not know and, in light of then-existing reasonably available scientific and technological knowledge, could not have known of the characteristic that caused the damage or the danger of such characteristic.","path":["TITLE 9. CIVIL CODE-ANCILLARIES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=107267","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:41Z","sha256":"4ccf7a19d0746f7ee9abd72046f1cbeb13a96d62ac693f87f05f9dcc4a3b4ece","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-9-2800.58","next":"us-la/rs-9-2800.60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}