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Committee advances SB 1173 to exempt health care facilities from strict product‑liability claims in certain cases
Summary
The Senate Committee on Rules voted Wednesday to forward SB 1173 (dash 2), which would exempt hospitals and certain health‑care facilities from strict product‑liability claims for products they did not design or manufacture, while preserving negligence claims and excluding sellers that offer products to the public.
The Senate Committee on Rules on Wednesday forwarded Senate Bill 1173 (dash 2) to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation. The measure clarifies that a health‑care facility is exempt from strict product‑liability claims for a product provided to a patient so long as the facility did not design or manufacture the product; the dash‑2 amendment narrows the exemption and conditions it in several ways.
The amendment clarifies that a health‑care facility may still be subject to a product‑liability suit when the facility offers the product for sale to the public (for example, a hospital‑run retail pharmacy). The amendment also extends the exemption to hospital‑affiliated…
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