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IN HB1012
Bill
Status
1/3/2019
Primary Sponsor
Gerald Torr
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AI Summary
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Repeals IC 34-20-3-2, eliminating special provisions for asbestos-related product liability actions, including the 2-year statute of limitations that began when a person learned of their asbestos-related disease or property damage
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Removes the provision that treated subsequent asbestos-related diseases as separate causes of action with their own filing deadlines
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Subjects asbestos claims to the standard product liability statute of limitations: 2 years after the cause of action accrues or 10 years after product delivery to the initial user
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Clarifies that product liability actions include claims for personal injury, disability, disease, or death resulting from protracted exposure to a foreign substance introduced into the body
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Effective date: July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Product liability actions. Specifies causes of action that may constitute a product liability action. Repeals provisions pertaining to product liability actions that are based on: (1) property damage resulting from asbestos; and (2) personal injury, disability, disease, or death resulting from exposure to asbestos.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/3/2019