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Utah Code § 78B-6-707 (2026)

Indemnification provisions void and unenforceable

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Any clause in a sales contract or collateral document that requires a purchaser or end user of a product to indemnify, hold harmless, or defend a manufacturer of a product is contrary to public policy and void and unenforceable if a defect in the design or manufacturing of the product causes an injury or death.

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Cited in 5 cases, 2012–2017 · leading case: Penunuri v. Sundance Partners, Ltd., 2013 UT 22 (Utah 2013).
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Penunuri v. Sundance Partners, Ltd., 2013 UT 22 (Utah 2013). · cites it 6× “, UTAH CODE § 78B-6-707 (“Any clause in a sales contract or collateral document that requires a purchaser or end user of a product to indemnify, hold harmless, or defend a manufacturer of a product is contrary to public policy and void and unenforceable if a defect in the design…”
Blaisdell v. Dentrix Dental Sys., Inc., 284 P.3d 616 (Utah 2012). · cites it 7× “12 "The language of Utah Code section 78B-6-707, like section 13-8-1, however, indicates the legislature's intent to void indemnification provisions.”
Bylsma v. R.C.WilleyHumanTouch, 2017 UT 85 (Utah 2017). · cites it 2× “Utah Code § 78B-6-707. That implies that contractual indemnification clauses are presumptively valid as between a manufacturer and anyone other than "a purchaser or end user.”
Penunuri v. Sundance, 2013 UT 22 (Utah 2013). · cites it 3× “, UTAH CODE § 78B-6-707 (“Any clause in a sales contract or collateral document that requires a purchaser or end user of a product to indemnify, hold harmless, or defend a manufacturer of a product is contrary to public policy and void and unenforceable if a defect in the design…”
Bylsma v. R.C.WilleyHumanTouch, 2017 UT 85 (Utah 2017). “UTAH CODE § 78B-6-707. That implies that contractual indemnification clauses are presumptively valid as between a manufacturer and anyone other than “a purchaser or end user.”
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