PRODUCT LIABILITY FAIRNESS ACT

Analyses

Joint and Several Liability For Non-Economic Damages Reform, S2562 [21MR]

Provisions (H.R. 956), S2561 [21MR], H3191 [29MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 956, Common Sense Legal Standards Reform Act, H2190 [13MR]

Articles and editorials

Anti-Consumer Act of 1996, S2556 [21MR]

In Defense of Big (Not Bad) Business, S2369 [20MR]

Lawyers May Kill My Daughter, S2376 [20MR]

Stupid Court Tricks, S2571 [21MR]

Suing for Safety, S2571-S2575 [21MR]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 956): consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 394), H2949 [27MR]

Briefings

Provisions: Speaker Gingrich, Richard L. Thornburgh, and Lewis Fuller, E681 [1MY]

Cloture motions

Enact (H.R. 956): conference report, S2211 [15MR], S2259 [18MR], S2385 [20MR]

Conference reports

Provisions (H.R. 956), H2238-H2247 [14MR]

Descriptions

Provisions (H.R. 956), H3188 [29MR]

Excerpts

Provisions (H.R. 956): Committee on Commerce (House) Report, H3189-H3191 [29MR]

Factsheets

Provisions (H.R. 956), S2562 [21MR]

Letters

Provisions: David Patterson, S2384 [20MR]

———Katherine Prescott, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (organization), S2371 [20MR]

———President Clinton, S2366 [20MR]

———Representative Pallone, H3203 [29MR]

———Robert K. Jennings, Mattison Technologies Inc., H3200 [29MR]

———Senator Rockefeller, S2562 [21MR]

———several small business organizations, S2563 [21MR]

Lists

Citizen groups opposing product liability reform, S2557 [21MR]

Small business organizations supporting product liability reform, S2563 [21MR]

Messages

Veto of H.R. 956, Provisions: President Clinton, H4425 [6MY]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 956), H1415 [28FE], H1576 [29FE]

Remarks in House

Courts: claims for commercial loss relative to product liability, H3187 [29MR]

———jurisdiction of Federal courts over foreign manufacturers, H1576-H1582 [29FE]

———limitations on punitive damage awards, H3186, H3202 [29MR]

———product liability reform relative to the raw materials used to make certain medical devices, H2228 [14MR], H3199, H3201, H3202 [29MR]

———uniform statute of repose for cases involving durable goods, H3185 [29MR]

Enact (H.R. 956): conference report, H2228 [14MR], H2561, H2562 [21MR], H3184-H3204 [29MR]

———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 394), H3176-H3183 [29MR]

———motion to instruct conferees, H1576-H1582 [29FE]

———veto, H4426 [6MY], H4756-H4764 [9MY], E778 [10MY], E844 [20MY]

Remarks in Senate

Courts: product liability reform relative to damage recovery in cases involving drunk driving accidents, S2575 [21MR]

Enact (H.R. 956): conference report, S2210 [15MR], S2259 [18MR], S2300-S2302 [19MR], S2341-S2386 [20MR], S2553-S2591 [21MR], S2835 [25MR]

———conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S2340 [19MR]

———veto, S4575 [2MY]

Health: product liability reform relative to medical implant devices, S2375 [20MR]

Lawyers and attorneys: regulations on contingency-fee lawyers relative to product liability cases, S2377 [20MR]

Public utilities: exclusion from product liability reform, S2359-S2363 [20MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 956, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 394) (H. Rept. 104-503), H2949 [27MR]

Provisions: Committee of Conference (H.R. 956) (H. Rept. 104-481), H2315 [14MR]

Statements

Provisions: Senator Kennedy, S2555 [21MR]

Tables

State court cases of strict liability of public utility companies, S2362 [20MR]

Supplier withdrawal of unsafe products, S2354 [20MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 394, consideration of conference report on H.R. 956, provisions, H3176 [29MR]