CHAPTER 476

An Act to provide when lack of privity shall not be a defense in action
upon a warranty or for negligence.
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Approved March 31, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. Lack of privity between plaintiff and defendant shall be no
defense in any action brought against the manufacturer or seller of goods
to recover damages for breach of warranty, express or implied, or for
negligence, although the plaintiff did not purchase the goods from the
defendant, if the plaintiff was a person whom the manufacturer or seller
might reasonably have expected to use, consume, or be affected by the
goods; however, this section shall not be construed to affect any litigation
pending at its effective date.