PRODUCT SAFETY

Analyses

Common Sense Product Liability Legal Reform Act (H.R. 956), S2561 [21MR], H3191 [29MR]

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

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]

Suing for Safety, S2571-S2575 [21MR]

Bills and resolutions

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

———reform contingent fee system and provide prompt and fair compensation for personal injury victims (see S. 1861), S6082 [11JN]

Health: allow marketing of Sensor Pad medical device to aid in breast self-examination (see H.R. 3504), H5500 [22MY]

———liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 3468), H5287 [16MY]

Safety: implement nonanimal acute toxicity testing for evaluation of consumer products (see H.R. 3173), H2950 [27MR]

Briefings

Common Sense Product Liability Legal Reform Act: Speaker Gingrich, Richard L. Thornburgh, and Lewis Fuller, E681 [1MY]

Cloture motions

Courts: product liability reform (H.R. 956), conference report, S2211 [15MR], S2259 [18MR], S2385 [20MR]

Conference reports

Common Sense Product Liability Legal Reform Act (H.R 956), H2238-H2247 [14MR]

Descriptions

Common Sense Legal Standards Reform Act (H.R. 956), H3188 [29MR]

Excerpts

Common Sense Product Liability Legal Reform Act (H.R. 956): Committee on Commerce (House) Report, H3189-H3191 [29MR]

Factsheets

Common Sense Product Liability Legal Reform Act (H.R. 956), S2562 [21MR]

Letters

Common Sense Product Liability Legal Reform Act: 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]

———Tara Ransom, E682 [1MY]

Lists

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

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

Messages

Veto of H.R. 956, Common Sense Product Liability Legal Reform Act: President Clinton, H4425 [6MY]

Motions

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

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 394), H3176-H3183 [29MR]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), motion to instruct conferees, H1576-H1582 [29FE]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), veto, H4426 [6MY], H4756-H4764 [9MY], E778 [10MY], E844 [20MY]

———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]

Health: allow marketing of Sensor Pad medical device to aid in breast self-examination, H6169 [11JN]

———allow marketing of Sensor Pad medical device to aid in breast self-examination (H.R. 3504), H5386, H5387 [22MY]

———liability of raw material and component suppliers to medical device manufacturers (H.R. 3468), E825 [16MY]

Safety: implement nonanimal acute toxicity testing for evaluation of consumer products (H.R. 3173), E540 [16AP]

Remarks in Senate

Courts: limitations on punitive damage awards, S2577, S2581 [21MR], S11363-S11365 [26SE]

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

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S2340 [19MR]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), veto, S4575 [2MY]

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

———reform contingent fee system and provide prompt and fair compensation for personal injury victims (S. 1861), S6096 [11JN]

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

Common Sense Product Liability Legal Reform Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 956) (H. Rept. 104-481), H2315 [14MR]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 956, Common Sense Product Liability Legal Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 394) (H. Rept. 104-503), H2949 [27MR]

Statements

Common Sense Product Liability Legal Reform Act: Linda Ransom, E682 [1MY]

———Senator Kennedy, S2555 [21MR]

Summaries

Legal Reform and Consumer Compensation Act (S. 1861), S6103 [11JN]

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, Common Sense Product Liability Legal Reform Act, H3176 [29MR]

S. 1861, Legal Reform and Consumer Compensation Act, S6099-S6103 [11JN]