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    hbd-06                                        Bill No. HB 3873

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Wasserman Schultz offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 4, line 22, through page 6, line 19,

15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         (2)  The defendant shall be permitted to introduce and

19  the jury may consider evidence of previous punitive damages

20  awards against a defendant, as well as evidence that the

21  alleged defect or course of conduct has been remedied by way

22  of recall, redesign, satisfactory warning, or by other means

23  satisfactory to the court, in mitigation of the amount of

24  punitive damages to be awarded.

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28  And the title is amended as follows:

29         On page 1, lines 19-22,

30  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said lines

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

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 4         measures in mitigation of the amount of an

 5         award under consideration; providing for the

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