Amendment104th Congress
Amendment sought to strike the provision that eliminates joint liability for noneconomic loss in product liability suits; and to change the cap on punitive damages to $250,000 or three times the economic and noneconomic damages awarded, whichever is greater.
- Amendment Number
- 278
- Description
- Amendment sought to strike the provision that eliminates joint liability for noneconomic loss in product liability suits; and to change the cap on punitive damages to $250,000 or three times the economic and noneconomic damages awarded, whichever is greater.
- Purpose
- An amendment to remove the bill's disparate treatment of the two types of compensatory damages: economic damages (such as lost wages and medical bills) and non-economic damages (such as pain and suffering, loss of fertility, etc.). Specifically, the amendment strikes the section of the bill that abolishes "joint and several" liability-- in which any of the defendants can be required to pay the entire amount--for non-economic damages; and modifies the bill's cap on punitive damages at three times the claimants award for all compensatory damages, damages for economic losses and damages for non-economic losses, or $250,000, whichever is greater.
- Congress
- 104
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Mar 9, 1995
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Schroeder amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 179 - 247 (Roll no. 219).
- Latest Action Time
- 13:21:19
- Submitted Date
- Mar 9, 1995
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Aug 15, 2021