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House Bill 5527 (2005) rss


Sponsors
Edward Gaffney - (primary)Chris Ward, Leon Drolet, Dianne Byrum, Paul Condino

Categories  Torts, product liability; Civil procedure, defenses; Civil procedure, statute of limitations; Health, pharmaceuticals

Torts; product liability; FDA approval defense for drug products; provide for rebuttable presumption rather than absolute defense and provide grace period for bringing certain actions previously barred by the defense. Amends secs. 2946 & 5805 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.2946 & 600.5805).

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History(House actions in lowercase, Senate actions in UPPERCASE)
Date JournalAction
12/14/2005HJ 109 Pg. 2588introduced by Representative Edward Gaffney
12/14/2005HJ 109 Pg. 2588read a first time
12/14/2005HJ 109 Pg. 2588referred to Committee on House Oversight, Elections, and Ethics
12/29/2005HJ 110 Pg. 2597printed bill filed 12/14/2005
2/22/2006HJ 18 Pg. 280reported with recommendation for referral to Committee on Tort Reform
2/22/2006HJ 18 Pg. 280recommendation concurred in