HOC Defenses. HOC agrees that, except as reflected in (i) the requirements for constituting an Eligible Claimant, (ii) the eligibility requirements of Section 2.1, (iii) Section 5.1.6 or (iv) the requirements for constituting an Enrolled Claimant or Settlement Program Claimant, and without limitation of, and subject to, all of the other express terms of this Agreement, any defenses of liability that HOC might otherwise have as against the Program Claims of any particular Settlement Program Claimant, such as statutes of limitation and repose, jurisdiction, venue, mitigation, comparative/contributory negligence, assumption of risk, independent intervening cause and products’ liability, specific defenses such as state of the art, no safe alternative design, preemption, FDA and other regulatory approval, learned intermediary, etc., shall not (for purposes of, and solely for purposes of, this Agreement) apply to such Program Claim of such Settlement Program Claimant. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that any and all such defenses (and any and all other available defenses) shall be available to HOC with respect to any litigation outside of this Agreement with such Enrolled Claimant or Settlement Program Claimant (including in the event the Release is returned as set forth herein).
HOC Defenses. HOC agrees that, except as reflected in (i) the requirements for constituting an Eligible Claimant, (ii) the eligibility requirements of Section 2.1, (iii) Section 4.1.3, or
