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California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill, which passed unanimously in both houses of the state legislature, that will hold skydiving companies liable for injuries or deaths if they use ‘uncertified’ instructors to lead tandem jumps. The legislation was proposed by Assemblywoman Susan Talamantes Eggman after an accident at the Lodi Skydiving Center in August of last year in which an 18-year-old student and a 25-year-old instructor were both fatally injured after a parachute malfunction. The instructor, Yong Kwon, was not certified by the USPA, according to a review of the accident. The bill allows those injured, or their families or estates