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H.B. 41

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AMENDMENTS TO COMPARATIVE FAULT

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1999 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Karen W. Morgan

             5      AN ACT RELATING TO JUDICIAL CODE; AMENDING DEFINITIONS RELATING TO
             6      COMPARATIVE FAULT.
             7      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             8      AMENDS:
             9          78-27-37, as last amended by Chapter 240, Laws of Utah 1996
             10      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             11          Section 1. Section 78-27-37 is amended to read:
             12           78-27-37. Definitions.
             13          As used in Sections 78-27-37 through 78-27-43 :
             14          (1) "Defendant" means a person, other than a person immune from suit as defined in
             15      Subsection (3), who is claimed to be liable because of fault to any person seeking recovery. A
             16      person does not need to be a named party to be a defendant under Sections 78-27-37 through
             17      78-27-43 .
             18          (2) "Fault" means any actionable breach of legal duty, act, or omission proximately causing
             19      or contributing to injury or damages sustained by a person seeking recovery, including negligence
             20      in all its degrees, contributory negligence, assumption of risk, strict liability, breach of express or
             21      implied warranty of a product, products liability, and misuse, modification, or abuse of a product.
             22          (3) "Person immune from suit" means:
             23          (a) an employer immune from suit under Title [35A] 34A, Chapter [3] 2, Workers'
             24      Compensation Act, or Chapter [3a] 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act; and
             25          (b) a governmental entity or governmental employee immune from suit pursuant to Title
             26      63, Chapter 30, Utah Governmental Immunity Act.
             27          (4) "Person seeking recovery" means any person seeking damages or reimbursement on


             28      its own behalf, or on behalf of another for whom it is authorized to act as legal representative.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 12-23-98 8:36 AM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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