51.   And Congress has tried unsuccessfully to restrict product liability lawsuits, including limiting punitive damages for small businesses.

52.   He said passage would be a victory for corporate interests pressing their Republican allies to pass legislation giving them more protection from what they regard as predatory liability lawsuits.

53.   In his first term, Bush advocated changes in welfare and juvenile justice, education improvements and limits on civil liability lawsuits.

54.   It began as a product liability lawsuit by a dentist who claims his pregnant wife was killed by a deploying air bag.

55.   Rustad argued that product liability lawsuits and punitive damage awards against corporate wrongdoers have led to safer American products.

56.   The firm opposes efforts in Congress to impose restrictions on liability lawsuits.

57.   The House passed legislation Wednesday that supporters said would relieve small businesses of the oppressive threat of product liability lawsuits.

58.   The US House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to limit the monetary awards plaintiffs can recover in product liability lawsuits.