MSS 2015-03
Papers of Peter Kinzler
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Creator
- Kinzler, Peter (Creator)
Dates
- Creation: 1968-2011
Extent
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10.5 Linear feet
27 archival boxes
Abstract
Professional papers (1968-2011) related to no- fault auto insurance legislation, products liability and . Also files re vaccine compensation legislation that led to the National Childhood Vaccine Act of 1986.
Scope and Content
Peter Kinzler donated these papers to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library, in five installments, between 2015 and 2016. They consist of 27 boxes (10.5 linear ft.) of documents related to his work on auto insurance legislation, and files about the drafting of vaccine compensation legislation that led to the National Childhood Vaccine Act of 1986. There is a folder with Mr. Kinzler's comments and recollections on each part of the collection.
Biographical / Historical Note
Peter Kinzler earned his bachelor’s degree from Trinity College (Hartford, CT) in 1964, and his legal degree from Columbia Law School in 1967. After a short stint at the National Labor Relations Board, he spent 25 of the next 26 years working for the House and Senate of the United States.
As Counsel to the Consumer Protection and Finance Subcommittee of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee in the 1970s, he had the lead staff responsibility for federal, no-fault insurance legislation. While working for Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT) on the Senate Banking Committee in the 1980s and 1990s, he played a major role in the development of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act and two iterations of product liability legislation.
After retiring from the Congress in 1995, he became President of the Coalition for Auto-Insurance Reform, where he led the private sector effort on behalf of federal and state efforts to enact the Auto Choice Reform Act. He retired in 2010.
Arrangement
The collection is divided in 6 series:
No-Fault Auto Insurance Files
Auto Choice Files
Product Liability Files
Punitive Damages
Vaccine Files
Electronic (Born Digital) Computer Files re No-Fault Insurance [Available Upon Request]
Acquisition Information
Peter Kinzler donated these papers in September of 2015.
Collection Contents
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File No-Fault Auto Insurance [binder 3] – Section by Section Analysis of H.R. 6601 MSS 2015-03, Box 2
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File No-Fault Press Articles re 1976 Senate floor considerations in Congressional Record MSS 2015-03, Box 3
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File No-Fault Auto Insurance [binder 4] – H. R. 13048 section by section analysis MSS 2015-03, Box 3
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File IRC, Paying for Auto Injuries, A Consumer Panel Survey of Auto Accident Victims, 1999 MSS 2015-03, Box 4
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Series Auto Choice Files
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File Auto Choice – No-Fault Insurance Primary Issue. Correspondence, drafts, handwritten notes MSS 2015-03, Box 7
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File Auto Choice Insurance Stripped-Down No-Fault Bill – correspondence, memoranda, handwritten notes MSS 2015-03, Box 7
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File Auto Choice – CAR solicitations, speeches and strategy. Memoranda and correspondence MSS 2015-03, Box 8
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File Auto Choice – Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage Financial Responsibility Limits charts MSS 2015-03, Box 9
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File Auto Choice – Crossroads, The Auto Compensation Project newsletters and brochures MSS 2015-03, Box 9
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File Auto Choice – House and Senate Vote Counts. Briefings notes, correspondence, floor speeches MSS 2015-03, Box 12
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File Auto-Choice – Peter Kinzler and Michael Horowitz (Hudson Institute) articles MSS 2015-03, Box 12
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File Auto Choice – U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform. Agenda for meeting, working documents MSS 2015-03, Box 13
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File Auto Choice – CAR Conference: Perspectives on Federal Auto Choice Legislation. Conference Papers MSS 2015-03, Box 14
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File S. 837 Auto Choice Reform Act of 1999 – Highway Fatality Data Annotated Findings MSS 2015-03, Box 14
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File Auto Choice – Charts Transparencies and Accident Scenario Compensation Charts MSS 2015-03, Box 15
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File Interagency Task Force on Product Liability – PB-273 220, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1977 MSS 2015-03, Box 16
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File Keystone Product Liability Project. Minutes of plenary sessions, correspondence MSS 2015-03, Box 19
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File Product Liability – Mid America Institute for Public Policy Research Conference papers MSS 2015-03, Box 20
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File Product Liability 103rd Congress Drafts – correspondence and working papers related to bill MSS 2015-03, Box 22
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File Product Liability Senate and House Debates – some drafts and background documents MSS 2015-03, Box 22
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Series Punitive Damage Files
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File Punitive Damages in All Civil Cases – memoranda and drafts re punitive damages reform MSS 2015-03, Box 23
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Series Vaccine Files
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Series Digital Files
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Item 1975 Florida Hearing
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Otherlevel Printed Materials
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Item AICPCU, Paying for Auto Injuries: A Consumer Panel Survey of Auto Accident Victims, Insurance Research Council, August 2004 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
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Item AICPCU, Fraud and Buildup in Auto Injury Insurance Claims, Insurance Research Council, December 2004 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
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Item AICPCU, Analysis of Auto Injury Insurance Claims from Two Choices States: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Insurance Research Council, October 2005 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
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Item AICPCU, Fraud and Buildup in California Auto Insurance Claims, Insurance Research Council, December 2005 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
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Item AICPCU, Florida Auto Injury Insurance Claim Environment 2006 Report, Insurance Research Council, February 2006 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
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Item AICPCU, Trends in Auto Injury Claims, Insurance Research Council, January 2008 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
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Item AICPCU, Auto Injury Insurance Claims: Countrywide Patterns in Treatment, Cost, and Compensation, Insurance Research Council, January 2008 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
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Item AICPCU, Hospital Costs Shifting and Auto Injury Insurance Claims, Insurance Research Council, February 2010 MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials
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Subjects
- Kinzler, Peter