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Federal rules curb product liability lawsuits across agencies
Agencies claim preemption shields drug and device makers from state liability, a trend critics call silent tort reform. Courts vary, with some rulings upholding federal standards over state law, potentially reducing billions in liabilities while leaving gaps where federal rules are absent.
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New Orleans
Food and Drug Administra
Consumer Product Safety Commission
CPSC
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
New York University Law
Catherine Sharkey
DePaul Law Review
Deepak Gupta
Ralph Nader
Public Citizen Litigation Group
Mark Herrmann
James Beck
FDA
Herrmann
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Leahy Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Vermont
Wyeth
Diana Winn Levine
Marshfield
Vermont Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
Alan Untereiner
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Senate Judiciary Committee
Allison Zieve
Public Citizen
Charles
Donna Riegel
New York