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         P.O. BOX 145030 . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029         February 29, 2012

Madam Speaker:

    The Health and Human Services Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 413, PRODUCT LIABILITY AMENDMENTS, by Representative D. Brown, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 12 through 13 :    

             12          .    provides that a manufacturer may not be liable for a product

{   unless the claimant

             13      proves   }
  if the claimant fails to prove       by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was the actual


2.    Page 2, Line 28 :    

             28      underlying the claim, a manufacturer may not be liable
{   unless the claimant proves   }        if the claimant fails to prove       by a


3.    Page 2, Line 33 :    

             33     
  designed,       formulated, produced, constructed, created, assembled, or rebuilt the actual defective product


    Respectfully,

    Paul Ray
    Committee Chair
Voting: 6-2-1
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