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A bill introduced in the Senate would make it easier for victims of defective drywall and other foreign-made products to file suit against foreign manufacturers.
The Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2009 would make it easier for victims of defective Chinese drywall products to file claims by requiring foreign manufacturers to establish registered agents within the United States. Those agents would be authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers, and for other purposes.
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Common-law action of negligent design survives enactment of Ohio Products Liability Act - * * * - Torts - In a products liability case, assumption of the risk may be a viable defense against an employee injured by defective product in the workplace * * *.
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Legislation that would make it easier for victims of defective foreign-made products to file suit against foreign manufacturers has been advanced by a House committee.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted Wednesday, July 21, to approve the Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act, H.R.4678, sponsored by Rep. Betty Sutton, D-Ohio, by a 31-22 vote.
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In our Homebuyer's Bill of Rights, under The Right to Be Free from Predatory Lending, we threw our support behind H.R. 1182, the "Prohibit Predatory Lending Act," sponsored by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank of Massachusetts. It served as a basis for the legislation that passed the House earlier this month - until last minute lobbying by the mortgage industry knocked some of that bill's teeth out.
The lack of Wall Street accountability is particularly troublesome," said John Taylor, president and CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, a group of more than 600 community-based organizations in favor of creating and sustaining affordable housing, job development and vibrant communities for working families. "While Wall Street has piled up billions o...
... of dollars in earnings and bonuses on defective or negligent mortgage products, the taxpayers are ...