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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-21-404 (2024)

Inadmissible evidence

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In any product liability action, evidence of any scientific advancements in technical or other knowledge or techniques, or in design theory or philosophy, or in manufacturing or testing knowledge, techniques, or processes, or in labeling, warnings of risks or hazards, or instructions for the use of such product, where such advancements were discovered subsequent to the time the product in issue was sold by the manufacturer, shall not be admissible for any purpose other than to show a duty to warn.

Source: L. 77: Entire part added, p. 821, § 2, effective July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1978–1998 · leading case: Uptain v. Huntington Lab, Inc., 723 P.2d 1322 (Colo. 1986).
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Uptain v. Huntington Lab, Inc., 723 P.2d 1322 (Colo. 1986). · cites it 32× “We accepted certiorari on the following issues: (1) whether the Court of Appeals' definition of "misuse" is correct; (2) whether section 13-21-404, 6 C.R.S. (1985 Supp.), applies to new labeling not based on scientific advancement; and (3) whether a contemporaneous objection to…”
Forma Sci., Inc. v. BioSera, Inc., 960 P.2d 108 (Colo. 1998). · cites it 14× “But see § 13-21-404, C.R.S. (1978 Supp.). [8] The Colorado Committee Comment is not patterned on a comment following CRE 407's federal counterpart.”
Downing Ex Rel. Downing v. Overhead Door Corp., 707 P.2d 1027 (Colo. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 3× “Section 13-21-404, C.R.S. (1984 Cum. Supp.”
Hawkinson v. AH Robins Co., Inc., 595 F. Supp. 1290 (D. Colo. 1984). · cites it 2× “§ 13-21-403 and C.R.S. § 13-21-404, provide in pertinent part: 13-21-403 Presumptions.”
Uptain v. Huntington Lab, Inc., 685 P.2d 218 (Colo. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 3× “Section 13-21-404, C.R.S. (1983 Cum. Supp.”
Roberts v. May, 583 P.2d 305 (Colo. Ct. App. 1978). “199, § 13-21-404 at 821, provides that: "In any product liability action, evidence of any scientific advancements, in technical or other knowledge or techniques, or in design, theory or philosophy, or in manufacturing or testing knowledge, techniques, or processes, or in…”
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