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House passes bill limiting strict product‑liability exposure for health care providers after Oregon Supreme Court ruling
Summary
Senate Bill 11 73 passed the House after extended debate. The measure narrows strict product‑liability exposure for hospitals, clinics and residential care facilities that use medical products but do not design or manufacture them, restoring alignment with the majority of U.S. states according to supporters; opponents said it reduces patients’
The Oregon House passed Senate Bill 11 73 on third reading after a lengthy floor debate over product‑liability law and patient remedies. The measure says health care providers that use, but did not design or manufacture, medical products should not be treated as commercial sellers subject to strict product liability; the change responds to a recent Oregon Supreme Court decision that, in the court’s view, exposed providers to seller‑level liability when they charge for products dispensed as part of care.
Representative Javidy, who carried the bill, argued that the statute had been misaligned after the Oregon Supreme Court decision in Providence v. Brown and that the result was to expose hospitals and clinics to strict…
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