Legal Alert | Arizona House Bill 2461 Establishes Standard of Care for Safety Equipment on Leased Vehicles in Civil Litigation

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This brief legal update from Erica Spurlock of Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C. in Phoenix provides an overview of Arizona House Bill 2461. Arizona Governor Hobbs signed House Bill 2461 into law on April 10, 2024, establishing a standard of care for safety equipment on leased vehicles in civil litigation. Specifically, the bill mandates that there be no obligation or duty of care for an owner, lessor, or operator of a vehicle to retrofit a vehicle with component parts or to purchase optional add-on equipment if the parts or equipment are not required by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, 49 CFR Part 571, when the vehicle is manufactured or first sold. The bill also prohibits the introduction of evidence of any alleged obligation or duty requiring such retrofitting. Tune in to learn more about this new law and how it might impact rental and leasing fleets based in Arizona.

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Erica Spurlock of Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C. (Phoenix, AZ)

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