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Utah House approves compromise on workers' compensation liability, sends amended SB 224 to Senate
Summary
The Utah House amended and passed Substitute Senate Bill 224, a compromise addressing allocation of fault in worker-injury cases, changing how immunity and comparative fault interact; the measure passed 65-3 and is sent to the Senate.
Representative Dennis Stevens introduced and guided the House through Substitute Senate Bill 224, a compromise package described as resolving issues stemming from the Sullivan case and merging three related bills. The measure changes how fault is allocated when a party is immune from suit: if the immune party is assigned less than 40% of fault, nonimmune parties share liability proportionately; if the immune party is 40% or more at fault, no defendant will be held…
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