{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-99b-11","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99B-11","heading":"Claims based on defective design of firearms.","body":"(a)\tIn a products liability action involving firearms or ammunition, whether a firearm or ammunition shell is defective in design shall not be based on a comparison or weighing of the benefits of the product against the risk of injury, damage, or death posed by its potential to cause that injury, damage, or death when discharged.\n(b)\tIn a products liability action brought against a firearm or ammunition manufacturer, importer, distributor, or retailer that alleges a design defect, the burden is on the plaintiff to prove, in addition to any other elements required to be proved:\n(1)\tThat the actual design of the firearm or ammunition was defective, causing it not to function in a manner reasonably expected by an ordinary consumer of firearms or ammunition; and\n(2)\tThat any defective design was the proximate cause of the injury, damage, or death. (1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1059, s. 1; 1995, c. 522, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 99B. Products Liability."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_99B/GS_99B-11.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:14:32Z","sha256":"76670af173185bc5e44ad4b590469c1089816d8475afad82c9e8d73b43525cb3","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-99b-10","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-99b-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}