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Debbie Dingell: “The House has already spoken. Foreigners should respond in discovery. But this amendment strikes the ability to even get…”

On the recordMarch 9, 1995
The House has already spoken. Foreigners should respond in discovery. But this amendment strikes the ability to even get them in court. It takes away the ability of an American injured by foreign misbehavior in the area of product liability to even get service, because no longer must the foreigner appoint an agent for purposes of receiving service under this legislation.
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Debbie Dingell
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of an amendment on foreign liability in product liability cases.

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