{"id":1662,"date":"2007-12-25T09:21:16","date_gmt":"2007-12-25T09:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/dangerous_products_no_longer_r\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T16:10:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:10:05","slug":"dangerous-products-no-longer-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/dangerous-products-no-longer-r\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangerous Products No Longer Receive  Federal Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Companies that produce dangerous products suffered a major defaet last week in the United States House of Representaatives. By a vote of 407 to 0, the House of Representatives passed legislation reauthorizing the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and included statutory language specifically prohibiting the CPSC from issuing any rule or regulation that expands the scope of federal preemption of state law.<\/p>\n<p>During the Bush administration, the CPSC has issued rules and regualtions which it argues preempt state laws governing dangerous products, thereby depriving innocent parties injured by these products from seeking redress in the courts. Obviously, based upon the vote, both Democratric and Republican lawmakers in the House recognized the dangers of this practice.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking to end this unfair practice, the House Energy and Commerce Committee included specific language in the Committee Report, which is the official statement of congressional intent. The Committee Report language formally and specifically disapproves the CPSC\u2019s effort to override state common law by including preemption language in preambles to its proposed rules and final rules. Specifically with regard to preemption language in the preamble to a recently issued rule on mattress flammability, the Report states \u201cthis preamble should not be accorded deference by State or Federal Courts.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/dangerous-products-no-longer-r\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Dangerous Products No Longer Receive  Federal Protection\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Companies that produce dangerous products suffered a major defaet last week in the United States House of Representaatives. 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