Strict product liability in Georgia
Last checked Aug 15, 2026 · LawyerUnc editorial. Educational only, not legal advice.
Elements
1
Defendant in the chain
The defendant designed, manufactured, or sold the product in the stream of commerce.
2
Defect
The product was defective in design, manufacture, or warning when it left the defendant’s control.
3
Causation
The defect caused the plaintiff’s injury while the product was used in a reasonably foreseeable way.
4
Damages
Physical harm or, in some jurisdictions, specified economic loss.
Burden of proof
Preponderance of the evidence. The plaintiff generally does not have to prove negligence, but must prove a defect.
A Georgia fact pattern
Strict product liability in georgia.
Statute of limitations
2 years
O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33 (injury) and § 51-1-11(b)(2) (repose)
Injury claims still run on the two-year personal-injury clock. Strict-product and many negligence-product claims also hit a ten-year wall from first sale for use or consumption.
Repose: 10 years.
- The ten-year repose has carve-outs, including some failure-to-warn, disease, and birth-defect theories under § 51-1-11(c).