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Bill would bar strict‑products‑liability for healthcare facilities that did not design or manufacture products
Summary
Providence and medical groups supported SB 1173, which would prevent hospitals and similar healthcare facilities from being treated as product sellers for the purpose of strict products‑liability claims unless the facility designed or manufactured the product; witnesses cited a 2024 Oregon Supreme Court decision as the impetus.
Senate Bill 1173 would specify that a healthcare facility is not subject to strict products‑liability claims for a product provided to a patient, unless the facility manufactured or designed the product, lawyers and medical groups told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Robert Mitchell of K&L Gates, representing Providence, said the bill responds to the Oregon Supreme Court's 2024 opinion in Brown v. GlaxoSmithKline (and related parties) that…
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