The Consumer Product Warranty and Liability Act

Abstract

This article provides a roadmap for the Consumer Product Warranty and Liability Act. The Act reformed and modernized much of the law regarding the sale or supply of consumer products, not only for consumers but also for business buyers. The Act deals with the following matters: express warranties; implied warranties; remedies; the supplier's ability to limit liability; the supplier's rights against his own supplier; rights against the manufacturer or other distributor regardless of privity of contract; and the imposition of strict liability on suppliers for unreasonably dangerous defective products.