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" Bill 687 allows for the determination of liability for punitive damages to be made under "applicable law," it mandates a federal uniform burden of proof and a uniform standard of liability. By virtue of §203(3), a claimant must establish by clear and... "
Product Liability, Legislative Hearings: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on ... - Page 564
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Finance - 1980 - 1019 pages
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Uniform Product Liability Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on General Oversight and Minority Enterprise - 1979 - 80 pages
...to parties who may be subrogated to the claimant's rights under this Act. SEC. 120. PUNITIVE DAMAGES (a) Punitive damages may be awarded if the claimant...or bystanders who might be injured by the product. (b) If the trier of fact determines that punitive damages should be awarded, the court shall determine...
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Liability insurance availability: hearings before the Subcommittee ..., Volume 3

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism - 1987 - 590 pages
...Punitive damages could be awarded! if otherwise permitted by applicable law, if a plaintiff "establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the result of conduct manifesting a manufacturer's or product seller's conscious, flagrant Indifference to the safety...
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Product Liability Reform Proposals: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee for Consumers - 1987 - 240 pages
...was manufactured. It also limits the imposition of damages to instances where the plaintiff presented clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the result of "conduct manifesting a manufacturer's or product seller's conscious, flagrant indifference to the safety...
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Product Liability Reform Act: Hearings Before The Subcommittee on ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on the Consumer - 1990 - 688 pages
...to award punitive damages: "Punitive damages may, ... be awarded ... to any claimant who establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the result of conduct manifesting a manufacturer's or product seller's conscious, flagrant indifference to the safety...
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Product Liability: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Technology ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Technology and Competitiveness - 1992 - 486 pages
...awarded in any civil action subject to the civil provisions of the Act to any claimant who establishes by "clear and convincing evidence" that the harm suffered was the result of conduct manifesting a manufacturer's or product seller's "conscious, flagrant indifference" to the...
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S. 687, the Product Liability Fairness Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on the Consumer - 1994 - 184 pages
...provides for a uniform burden of proof and a uniform standard of liability. A claimant bust establish by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered "was the result of conduct manifesting a manufacturer's or product seller's conscious, flagrant indifference to the safety...
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Product Liability Standards: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness - 1994 - 534 pages
...burden of proof and a uniform standard of liability. By virtue of S 6 (a), a claimant must establish by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered "was the result of conduct manifesting a manufacturer's or product seller's conscious, flagrant indifference to the safety...
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The Product Liability Fairness Act: Hearing Before the Committee ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1995 - 186 pages
...burden of proof and a uniform standard of liability. By virtue of §203(a), a claimant must establish by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered “was the result of conduct manifesting a manufacturer's or product seller's conscious, flagrant indifference to the safety...
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Product Liability and Legal Reform: Hearing Before the Committee on the ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1995 - 268 pages
...greater. Subsection (c) will also prohibit the awarding of punitive damages unless a victim can establish by "clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the result of conduct manifesting actual malice." Subsection (d) eliminates joint and several liability for non-economic...
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