3.0.0 440 2019-11-15T21:35:11Z 2019-11-15T21:35:11Z House H HR 2009-01-09 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-01-09T14:00:47Z 2009-01-09 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000571 Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large] DENNY REHBERG R MT N Law Civil actions and liability Evidence and witnesses Federal preemption Small business Law 00 2009-01-09 Introduced in House 2009-01-22T16:16:47Z Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2009 - Allows punitive damages against a small business only if the claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that conduct carried out by the defendant with a conscious, flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of others was the proximate cause of the harm that is the subject of the action.

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.

]]> Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2009 Display Title Small Business Liability Reform Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To provide small businesses certain protections from litigation excesses. Introduced in House 2009-01-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr440ih/xml/BILLS-111hr440ih.xml 2009-01-09 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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.