3.0.0 1546 2023-01-15T06:17:46Z 2023-01-15T06:17:46Z Senate S S 2003-07-31 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-08-01T02:57:46Z Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2003 108 2813 HR 2003-08-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Related bill CRS 2003-07-31 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10676-10679) IntroReferral 2003-07-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10674-10676) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY N L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2003-07-31 True Law Agriculture and Food Alcoholic beverages Civil actions and liability Commerce Damages Drug abuse Drunk driving Evidence (Law) Federal preemption Government Operations and Politics Lease and rental services Liability (Law) Limitation of actions Negligence Products liability Punitive damages Retail trade Small business State laws Transportation and Public Works Warranties Law 00 2003-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2003-10-10T13:41:08Z States that in any civil action against a small business: (1) each defendant shall be liable only for the amount of noneconomic loss allocated to that defendant in direct proportion to the percentage of responsibility of that defendant for the harm caused to the plaintiff; and (2) the court shall render a separate judgment against each defendant describing such percentage of responsibility.

Excepts from such liability limitations specified misconduct of a defendant.

Mandates that, in any product liability action covered by this Act, a product seller other than a manufacturer shall be liable to a claimant only if such claimant establishes that: (1) the product that caused the harm was sold, rented, or leased by the seller, the seller failed to exercise reasonable care with respect to the product, and such failure was the proximate cause of harm to the plaintiff; (2) the seller made an express warranty applicable to such product, the product failed to conform to the warranty, and such failure caused the harm to the plaintiff; or (3) the product seller engaged in intentional wrongdoing, and such wrongdoing caused the harm to the plaintiff.]]>

Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2003 Display Title Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide small businesses certain protection from litigation excesses and to limit the product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-07-31T04:00:00Z 2003-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10676-10679) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.