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K.S.A. § 60-3301 (2026)

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60-3301. Citation of act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Kansas product liability act."

History: L. 1981, ch. 231, § 1; July 1.

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Cited in 66 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1980–2026 · leading case: Lester v. Magic Chef, Inc., 641 P.2d 353 (Kan. 1982).
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Lester v. Magic Chef, Inc., 641 P.2d 353 (Kan. 1982). · cites it 4× “I am further convinced that the adoption of the risk-utility balancing approach in design defect cases would be consistent with Kansas products liability law as recognized in the past and also to the legal concepts contained in the new Kansas Product Liability Act (K.”
Delaney v. Deere & Co., 999 P.2d 930 (Kan. 2000). · cites it 4× “However, the facts giving rise to the cause of action in Siruta occurred prior to enactment of the Kansas Product Liability Act (KPLA), K.S.A. 60-3301 et seq., and K.S.A. 60-3305 was neither discussed nor applied in Siruta .”
In Re Lakeview Gardens, Inc., 605 P.2d 576 (Kan. 1980). · cites it 4× “Section 60-3301 of the General Statutes of 1949, the predecessor of K.”
Savina v. Sterling Drug, Inc., 795 P.2d 915 (Kan. 1990). · cites it 2× “Sterling Drug further argues that it cannot be liable because the Kansas Product Liability Act, K.S.A. 60-3301 et seq., presumes Amipaque to be safe.”
Brewer v. Dodson Aviation, 447 F. Supp. 2d 1166 (W.D. Wash. 2006). · cites it 3× “See Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 60-3301 et seq. (KPLA not limited, by its terms, to new products); Stillie v.”
Samarah v. Danek Med., Inc., 70 F. Supp. 2d 1196 (D. Kan. 1999). · cites it 4× “Kansas Product Liability Act Under Kansas law, product liability claims are governed by the Kansas Products Liability Act (“KPLA”), codified at K.S.A. § 60-3301 et seq. See K.S.A. § 60-3301 et seq.”
State Ex Rel. Stovall v. Reliance Ins., 107 P.3d 1219 (Kan. 2005). “It argued that the Kansas Product Liability Act, K.S.A. 60-3301 et seq., and the economic loss rule barred the State’s tort claims against it for negligence, strict liability, breach of express warranty, and breach of implied warranty.”
Messer v. Amway Corp., 210 F. Supp. 2d 1217 (D. Kan. 2002). · cites it 2× “The Kansas Product Liability Act (“KPLA”), K.S.A. §§ 60-3301 to 60-3307, applies to all product liability claims regardless of the substantive theory of recovery.”
Emig v. Am. Tobacco Co., 184 F.R.D. 379 (D. Kan. 1998). · cites it 2× “Plaintiffs have proposed no procedure to orchestrate this highly factual inquiry in a way that reduces the individual issues.”
Corvias Military Living, LLC v. Ventamatic, Ltd., 450 P.3d 797 (Kan. 2019). · cites it 2× “The Kansas Product Liability Act (KPLA), K.S.A. 60-3301 et seq., codifies a modified version of the common-law economic loss doctrine.”
David v. Hett, 270 P.3d 1102 (Kan. 2011). “Today, the Kansas Product Liability Act, K.S.A. 60-3301 et seq., consolidates all product liability actions, regardless of theory, into one basis for liability.”
Gonzalez v. Pepsico, Inc., 489 F. Supp. 2d 1233 (D. Kan. 2007). · cites it 2× “Defendants generally argue that the Kansas Product Liability Act (“KPLA”), K.S.A. § 60-3301 et seq., subsumes plaintiffs’ claims and does not permit recovery of purely economic damages.”
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