H.B. 413
         PRODUCT LIABILITY AMENDMENTS

House Floor Amendments

Amendment 4 March 5, 2012 3:16 PM



Representative Brian S. King proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Lines 31 through 35
    House Committee Amendments
    3-1-2012 :    

             31          (2) Proof that a product seller designed, formulated, produced, constructed, created,
             32      assembled, or rebuilt the type of product in question is not proof that the product seller
             33      H. designed, .H formulated, produced, constructed, created, assembled, or rebuilt the actual
             33a      defective product
             34      in the product liability action
  , so long as the product seller proves it has no financial interest in the sale of the product in question       . A product seller may not be held liable in a product liability

             35      action based on market share, enterprise, or industry-wide liability.
    
  (3) An entity that sells or distributes a product that is manufactured by another entity is subject to the same liability as the product's manufacturer.      

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