ON 11/20/08 By Nan Aron (Board Member, Current Employee)

We believe that:

- Every American deserves a fair chance to receive justice through the courts.

- Powerful corporations whose products harm consumers should not be immune from lawsuits.

- Manufacturers are more likely to make sure their products are safe if they know they can be sued for damage they cause.

In 2007, the Supreme Court ruled in Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc. that a person harmed by faulty medical devices cannot sue to hold the manufacturer accountable.

Now, the Court is considering Wyeth v. Levine that would give major drug manufacturers the same immunity from accountability, despite lack of clear intent by Congress to do so.

These decisions overturn more than a hundred years of established law. We call on Congress to enact laws that clearly direct the courts to allow consumers to hold corporations accountable for unsafe products and ensure that manufacturers have an incentive to make their products safe in the first place.

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