<HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 21-63 - AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY 21-63 AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 21-63 AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 21-63"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 21-63 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=21-63-1">21-63-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Definition of terms. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=21-63-2">21-63-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> No product liability beyond useful safe life. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=21-63-3">21-63-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Factors in determining useful safe life. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A 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xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 21-63 - AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046861Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2046861SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046861CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046861Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } 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class="s2046861SENU">21-63-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046861SENU">. </span><span class="s2046861CL">Definition of terms.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046861Normal-000000"><span class="s2046861DefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046861Normal-000001"><span class="s2046861DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Aviation product," any product or component designed, manufactured, fabricated, assembled, produced, or constructed for aviation purposes, including aircraft, parts produced primarily for use in aircraft, aviation navigation aids, aircraft instrumentation, aircraft testing products, aircraft components, aircraft support and maintenance products or components, aircraft materials production, aircraft materials testing, and aircraft safety products;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046861Normal-000001"><span class="s2046861DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Aviation product liability claim," includes any claim or action brought for harm caused by the manufacture, production, making, construction, fabrication, design, formula, preparation, assembly, installation, testing, warnings, instructions, marketing, packaging, storage, or labeling of the relevant aviation product. The term includes any action based on, strict liability in tort, negligence, breach of express or implied warranty, breach of, or failure to, discharge a duty to warn or instruct, whether negligent or innocent, misrepresentation, concealment, or nondisclosure, whether negligent or innocent, or under any other substantive legal theory;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046861Normal-000001"><span class="s2046861DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Harm," includes damage to property, personal physical injuries, illness, and death, mental anguish or emotional harm attendant to personal physical injuries, illness, or death. The term does not include direct or consequential economic loss;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046861Normal-000001"><span class="s2046861DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Manufacturer," includes an aviation product seller who designs, produces, creates, assembles, installs, makes, fabricates, constructs, or remanufactures the relevant product or component part of an aviation product before its sale to a user or consumer. The term includes a product seller or entity not otherwise a manufacturer that holds itself out as a manufacturer, or that is owned in whole or in part by the manufacturer;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046861Normal-000001"><span class="s2046861DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    "Product seller," any person or entity that is engaged in the business of selling aviation products, whether the sale is for resale, or for use or consumption. The term includes a manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, or retailer of the relevant aviation product; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046861Normal-000001"><span class="s2046861DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    "Time of delivery," the time of delivery of an aviation product to its first purchaser or lessee who was not engaged in the business of either selling such products or using them as component parts of another product to be sold.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046861Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046861000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046861Normal"><span class="s2046861SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046861SCL-000003"> SL 2011, ch 113, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 21-63 - AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046862Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046862SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046862CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046862Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046862DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046862000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046862SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046862SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2046862Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-63-2"><span class="s2046862SENU">21-63-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046862SENU">. </span><span class="s2046862CL">No product liability beyond useful safe life.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046862Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046862DefaultParagraphFont">Except as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-63-4"><span class="s2046862DefaultParagraphFont">21-63-4</span></a><span class="s2046862DefaultParagraphFont">, no aviation product seller is liable in an aviation product liability claim if the product seller proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the harm was caused after the aviation product's useful safe life had expired. Useful safe life begins at the time of delivery of the aviation product and extends for the time during which the product would normally perform.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046862Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046862000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046862Normal"><span class="s2046862SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046862SCL-000002"> SL 2011, ch 113, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 21-63 - AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046863Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2046863SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046863SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2046863Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-63-3"><span class="s2046863SENU">21-63-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046863SENU">. </span><span class="s2046863CL">Factors in determining useful safe life.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046863Normal-000000"><span class="s2046863DefaultParagraphFont">Factors to be considered in determining whether an aviation product's useful safe life has expired include:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046863Normal-000001"><span class="s2046863DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The amount of wear and tear to which the aviation product had been subject;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046863Normal-000001"><span class="s2046863DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The effect of deterioration from natural causes and from climate and other conditions under which the aviation product was used or stored;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046863Normal-000001"><span class="s2046863DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The normal practices of the user, similar users, and the aviation product seller with respect to the circumstances, frequency, and purposes of the product's use, and with respect to repairs, renewals, and replacements;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046863Normal-000001"><span class="s2046863DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Any representations, instructions, or warnings made by the aviation product seller concerning proper maintenance, storage, and use of the product or the expected useful safe life of the product; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046863Normal-000001"><span class="s2046863DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Any modification or alteration of the aviation product by a user or third party.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046863Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046863000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046863Normal"><span class="s2046863SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046863SCL-000003"> SL 2011, ch 113, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 21-63 - AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046864Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046864SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046864CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046864Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046864DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046864000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046864SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046864SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2046864Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-63-4"><span class="s2046864SENU">21-63-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046864SENU">. </span><span class="s2046864CL">Express warranty beyond useful safe life.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046864Normal-000000"><span class="s2046864DefaultParagraphFont">An aviation product seller may be subject to liability for harm caused by an aviation product used beyond the product's useful safe life to the extent that the aviation product seller has expressly warranted the aviation product for a longer period.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046864Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046864000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046864Normal"><span class="s2046864SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046864SCL-000002"> SL 2011, ch 113, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 21-63 - AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046865Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046865SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046865CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046865Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046865DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046865Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046865000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046865SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046865SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2046865Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-63-5"><span class="s2046865SENU">21-63-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046865SENU">. </span><span class="s2046865CL">Time for bringing aviation product liability claim--Indemnity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046865Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046865DefaultParagraphFont">The provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-2-12.2"><span class="s2046865DefaultParagraphFont">15-2-12.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046865DefaultParagraphFont"> notwithstanding, any claim that involves harm caused more than ten years after the time of delivery is barred regardless of the date the defect or harm is discovered or the disability or minority of the person harmed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046865Normal-000001"><span class="s2046865DefaultParagraphFont">Nothing contained in this section affects the right of any person liable under an aviation product liability claim to seek and obtain indemnity from any other person who is responsible for the harm which gave rise to the aviation product liability claim.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046865Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046865000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046865Normal"><span class="s2046865SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046865SCL-000003"> SL 2011, ch 113, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 21-63 - AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046866Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046866SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046866CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046866Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046866DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046866000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046866SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046866SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2046866Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-63-6"><span class="s2046866SENU">21-63-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046866SENU">. </span><span class="s2046866CL">Product in compliance with legislative or administrative regulatory safety standards.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046866Normal-000000"><span class="s2046866DefaultParagraphFont">If the injury-causing aspect of the aviation product was, at the time of manufacture, in compliance with legislative or administrative regulatory safety standards relating to design or performance, the aviation product is deemed not defective by reason of design or performance. If the standard addressed warnings or instructions, the aviation product is deemed not defective by reason of warnings or instructions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046866Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046866000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046866Normal"><span class="s2046866SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046866SCL-000002"> SL 2011, ch 113, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 21-63 - AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046867Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046867SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046867CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046867Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046867DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046867000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046867SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046867SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2046867Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-63-7"><span class="s2046867SENU">21-63-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046867SENU">. </span><span class="s2046867CL">Product not in compliance with legislative or administrative regulatory safety standards.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046867Normal-000000"><span class="s2046867DefaultParagraphFont">If the injury-causing aspect of the aviation product was not, at the time of manufacture, in compliance with legislative or administrative regulatory safety standards relating to design, performance, warnings, or instructions, no presumption exists and the burdens of proof applicable to nonaviation products liability actions apply.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046867Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046867000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046867Normal"><span class="s2046867SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046867SCL-000002"> SL 2011, ch 113, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 21-63 - AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046868Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046868SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046868CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046868Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046868DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046868000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046868SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046868SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2046868Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-63-8"><span class="s2046868SENU">21-63-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046868SENU">. </span><span class="s2046868CL">Product in compliance with mandatory government contract specification.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046868Normal-000000"><span class="s2046868DefaultParagraphFont">If the injury-causing aspect of the aviation product was, at the time of manufacture, in compliance with a mandatory government contract specification relating to design, this is an absolute defense and the aviation product is deemed not defective for that reason. If the specification related to warnings or instructions, the aviation product is deemed not defective for that reason.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046868Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046868000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046868Normal"><span class="s2046868SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046868SCL-000002"> SL 2011, ch 113, § 8.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 21-63 - AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046869Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046869SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046869CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046869Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046869DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046869000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046869SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046869SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2046869Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-63-9"><span class="s2046869SENU">21-63-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046869SENU">. </span><span class="s2046869CL">Product not in compliance with mandatory government contract specification.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046869Normal-000000"><span class="s2046869DefaultParagraphFont">If the injury-causing aspect of the aviation product was not, at the time of manufacture, in compliance with a mandatory government contract specification relating to design, or if the specification related to warnings or instructions that were not in compliance with a mandatory government contract specification relating to warnings or instruction, no presumption exists and the burdens of proof applicable to nonaviation products liability actions apply.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046869Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046869000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046869Normal"><span class="s2046869SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046869SCL-000002"> SL 2011, ch 113, § 9.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 21-63 - AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046870Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2046870SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046870CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046870Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2046870DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046870Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2046870000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046870SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046870SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2046870Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-63-10"><span class="s2046870SENU">21-63-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046870SENU">. </span><span class="s2046870CL">Duty to warn or instruct.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046870Normal-000000"><span class="s2046870DefaultParagraphFont">In any aviation product liability claim, any duty on the part of the aviation product seller to warn or protect against a danger or hazard which could or did arise in the use or misuse of such aviation product and any duty to have properly instructed in the use of such aviation product, does not extend:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046870Normal-000001"><span class="s2046870DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    To any warning protecting against or instructing with regard to those safeguards, precautions, and actions which a reasonable user or consumer of the aviation product, with the training, experience, education, and any special knowledge the user or consumer did, should, or was required to possess, could and should have taken for such user or consumer or others, under all the facts and circumstances;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046870Normal-000001"><span class="s2046870DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    To any situation where the safeguards, precautions, and actions could or should have been taken by a reasonable user or consumer of the aviation product similarly situated exercising reasonable care, caution, and procedure; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046870Normal-000001"><span class="s2046870DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    To any warnings protecting against or instructing with regard to dangers, hazards, or risks which are patent, open, or obvious and which should have been realized by a reasonable user or consumer of the aviation product.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046870Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046870000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046870Normal"><span class="s2046870SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046870SCL-000003"> SL 2011, ch 113, § 10.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 21-63 - AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046871Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046871SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046871CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046871Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046871DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046871000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046871SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046871SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2046871Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-63-11"><span class="s2046871SENU">21-63-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046871SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046871CL">Sections </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=20-9-10"><span class="s2046871CL">20-9-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046871CL"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=20-9-10.1"><span class="s2046871CL">20-9-10.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046871CL"> unaffected.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046871Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046871DefaultParagraphFont">No provision contained within this chapter abrogates or limits protections afforded aviation product manufacturers, sellers, or assemblers contained in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=20-9-10"><span class="s2046871DefaultParagraphFont">20-9-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046871DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=20-9-10.1"><span class="s2046871DefaultParagraphFont">20-9-10.1</span></a><span class="s2046871DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046871Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046871000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046871Normal"><span class="s2046871SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046871SCL-000002"> SL 2011, ch 113, § 11.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 21-63 - AVIATION PRODUCT LIABILITY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046872Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2046872SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046872CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046872Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2046872DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046872Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2046872Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2046872000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046872SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046872SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2046872Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-63-12"><span class="s2046872SENU">21-63-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046872SENU">. </span><span class="s2046872CL">Evidence of advancements, changes, or subsequent measures.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046872Normal-000000"><span class="s2046872DefaultParagraphFont">In an aviation product liability claim, the following evidence is not admissible for any purpose:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046872Normal-000001"><span class="s2046872DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Evidence of any advancements or changes in technical or other knowledge or techniques; in design theory or philosophy; in manufacturing or testing knowledge; in techniques or processes in labeling; or warning of risks or hazards; or, in instructions for the use of the aviation product, if the advancements or changes have been made, learned, or placed into common use subsequent to the time the aviation product in issue was designed, formulated, tested, manufactured, or sold by the manufacturer; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046872Normal-000001"><span class="s2046872DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Evidence of any changes made in the designing, planning, formulating, testing, preparing, manufacturing, packaging, warning, labeling, or instructing for use of, or with regard to, the aviation product in issue, or any similar product, which any change was made subsequent to the time the aviation product in issue was designed, formulated, tested, manufactured, or sold by the manufacturer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046872Normal-000002"><span class="s2046872DefaultParagraphFont">This section does not require the exclusion of evidence of a subsequent measure if offered to impeach a witness for the manufacturer or seller of an aviation product who has expressly denied the feasibility of such a measure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046872Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046872000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046872Normal"><span class="s2046872SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046872SCL-000004"> SL 2011, ch 113, § 12.</span></p></div></body></html>