Innocent Seller Provision Shields Building Supplier That Sold Chinese Drywall

(March 2, 2017, 9:14 AM EST) -- JACKSON, Miss. — A building supply company that sold salvaged Chinese drywall to a contractor that built a couple’s home is shielded from liability under the “innocent seller” provision of the Mississippi Products Liability Act (MPLA), the Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled Feb. 28 after finding that the supplier did not alter the product or know that it was salvaged (Kent Holifield, et al. v. City Salvage, Inc., No. 2015-CA-01293-COA, Miss. App., 2017 Miss. App. LEXIS 115)....

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