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Senate advances product‑seller liability changes after contentious debate and narrow committee margins
Summary
Senate Bill 70, which would limit product‑seller liability when a manufacturer can be sued, passed after lengthy debate, amendments adding Utah-specific service/process language and tolling of statutes, and pointed objections from plaintiff‑side senators. Vote on the floor: 18–6, 5 absent.
The Utah Senate advanced a package of amendments to product‑liability law on a measure that supporters said clarifies liability for sellers who act as intermediaries and opponents warned could reduce injured parties’ access to local courts.
Sponsor Senator McAllister told the floor the bill targets a narrow problem: cases where a product seller merely passes along a sealed product and has no opportunity to inspect it. "This simply deals with 1 issue and that is the liability of a product seller in those cases where…
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