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(1)
Useful safe life.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b) hereof, a product seller
shall not be subject to liability to a claimant for harm under this
chapter if the product seller proves by a preponderance of the evidence
that the harm was caused after the product's "useful safe life" had
expired.
"Useful safe life" begins at the time of delivery of the product and
extends for the time during which the product would normally be likely to
perform or be stored in a safe manner. For the purposes of this chapter,
"time of delivery" means the time of delivery of a product to its first
purchaser or lessee who was not engaged in the business of either selling
such products or using them as component parts of another product to be
sold.
(b) A product seller may be subject to liability for harm caused by a
product used beyond its useful safe life to the extent that the product
seller has expressly warranted the product for a longer period.
(2) Statute of repose.
(a) Generally. In claims that involve harm caused more than ten (10)
years after time of delivery, a presumption arises that the harm was
caused after the useful safe life had expired. This presumption may only
be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence.
(b) Limitations on statute of repose.
1. If a product seller expressly warrants that its product can be
utilized safely for a period longer than ten (10) years, the period
of repose, after which the presumption created in subsection (2)(a)
hereof arises, shall be extended according to that warranty or
promise.
2. The ten (10) year period of repose established in subsection
(2)(a) hereof does not apply if the product seller intentionally
misrepresents facts about its product, or fraudulently conceals
information about it, and that conduct was a substantial cause of the
claimant's harm.
3. Nothing contained in subsection (2) of this section shall affect
the right of any person found liable under this chapter to seek and
obtain contribution or indemnity from any other person who is
responsible for harm under this chapter.
4. The ten (10) year period of repose established in subsection
(2)(a) hereof shall not apply if the harm was caused by prolonged
exposure to a defective product, or if the injury-causing aspect of
the product that existed at the time of delivery was not discoverable
by an ordinary reasonably prudent person until more than ten (10)
years after the time of delivery, or if the harm, caused within ten
(10) years after the time of delivery, did not manifest itself until
after that time.
(3) Statute of limitation. No claim under this chapter may be brought
more than two (2) years from the time the cause of action accrued as defined
in section 5-219, Idaho Code.

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