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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and other federal agencies are tucking provisions into proposed federal regulations that would preempt state tort claims that conflict with the federal standards.
According to NHTSA spokesperson Rae Tyson, the agency has included preemption language in three proposed regulations over the past six months.See the full content of this document
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Federal Agencies Are Creating 'Back Door' Tort Reform
It's been a long held belief that we have the authority to do this, but it's been fairly recent we've actually done it, said Tyson.
This quiet tort reform push via agency rules may be indicative of a realization by the Bush administration that reforming the legal system through legislation is time-consuming and difficult.Glenn Lammi, chief...See the full content of this document
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