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Section 30.907 - Action for damages from asbestos-related disease; limitations.

OR Rev Stat § 30.907 (2019) (N/A)
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(2) A product liability civil action for damages resulting from asbestos-related disease is not subject to ORS 30.905 or any other statute of limitation or statute of ultimate repose in Oregon Revised Statutes.

(3) A product liability civil action may not be brought against a contractor, as defined in ORS 701.005, for damages resulting from asbestos-related disease if the contractor:

(a) Used or installed products containing asbestos pursuant to plans, specifications or directions prepared for a project by or on behalf of the owner of the project;

(b) Is not the manufacturer or distributor of the products containing asbestos; and

(c) Did not furnish the products containing asbestos independent of the provision of labor.

(4) Subsection (3) of this section does not affect a plaintiff’s ability to bring a product liability civil action against a contractor if:

(a) The contractor substituted a product containing asbestos on a project when the plans, specifications or directions for the project prepared by or on behalf of the owner did not specify the use or installation of a product containing asbestos; and

(b) The owner or the owner’s representative did not expressly direct or consent to the substitution of the product containing asbestos. [1987 c.4 §3; 2005 c.740 §1; 2009 c.485 §7]

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