3.0.0 6421 2023-01-11T13:21:19Z 2023-01-11T13:21:19Z House H HR 2010-11-17 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2010-12-20T19:05:55Z Referred to 2010-11-17T15:00:40Z 2010-12-20 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. Committee 2010-11-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2010-11-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-11-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 N Law Civil actions and liability Consumer affairs Manufacturing Product safety and quality Law 00 2010-11-17 Introduced in House 2010-11-26T20:11:17Z Consumer Protection Act of 2010 - Provides that it shall not be a defense to a tort claim in any U.S. court that a manufacturer of a product has fulfilled that manufacturer's duty of care when providing all of the necessary information to a learned intermediary, who then interacts with the consumer of the product.

Defines a "learned intermediary" as a person licensed under applicable state or federal law to advise a consumer whether or not to use the product in question.

]]> Consumer Protection Act of 2010 Display Title Consumer Protection Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To eliminate the learned intermediary defense to tort claims based on product liability, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Consumer Protection Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-11-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr6421ih/xml/BILLS-111hr6421ih.xml 2010-12-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. 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.