Tex.
Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 82.001
Definitions
(1)
“Claimant” means a party seeking relief, including a plaintiff, counterclaimant, or cross-claimant.(2)
“Products liability action” means any action against a manufacturer or seller for recovery of damages arising out of personal injury, death, or property damage allegedly caused by a defective product whether the action is based in strict tort liability, strict products liability, negligence, misrepresentation, breach of express or implied warranty, or any other theory or combination of theories.(3)
“Seller” means a person who is engaged in the business of distributing or otherwise placing, for any commercial purpose, in the stream of commerce for use or consumption a product or any component part thereof.(4)
“Manufacturer” means a person who is a designer, formulator, constructor, rebuilder, fabricator, producer, compounder, processor, or assembler of any product or any component part thereof and who places the product or any component part thereof in the stream of commerce.
Source:
Section 82.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.82.htm#82.001 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
