Senate product liability bill lacks "FDA defense" provision in House version.
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
SENATE PRODUCT LIABILITY BILL LACKING "FDA DEFENSE" will be considered by the Senate Commerce/consumer affairs subcommittee in "about a month," bill co-sponsor Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) predicted at a March 15 Capitol Hill press conference announcing the introduction of S 565. The subcommittee is chaired by Sen. Slade Gorton (R-WA) and the full Commerce Committee by Sen. Larry Pressler (R-SD), both of whom are original co-sponsors.