MSS 2015-03
Papers of Peter Kinzler
Overview
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.
Dates |
1968-2011 [Inclusive] |
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Extents |
10.5 Linear Feet (27 archival boxes) |
Scope & Contents
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.
Collection Description
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Biographical / Historical
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.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Peter Kinzler donated these papers in September of 2015.
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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]
| seriesNo-Fault Auto Insurance Files | |
| fileNo-Fault Auto Insurance Miscellaneous Costs Reports [binder 1] – Kemper Insurance Companies: Michigan Auto Insurance Survey (January 1978); No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Legislation Comparison of H.R. 6601 and H.R. 5149; Report of Special Committee to | MSS 2015-03, Box 1 |
| fileNo-Fault Auto Insurance [binder 2] – correspondence, memoranda and reports. Presley Study of Michigan and Colorado; Michigan Report; ABA Report; Budget Summary; Governors Conference Vote on No-Fault; Oregon Loss Experience Under “No-Fault”, 1971-1978 | MSS 2015-03, Box 1 |
| fileNo-Fault Auto Insurance [binder 3] – Section by Section Analysis of H.R. 6601, 1968-1969, 1975-1978 | MSS 2015-03, Box 2 |
| fileNo-Fault Auto Insurance – “Old” no-fault bills: H. R. 285 (14 January 1975), H. R. 9650 (17 September 1975), S. 354 (25 January 1975), S. 354 (22 May 1975), H. R. 1597 (10 January 1977), H. R. 6601 (H.R. 7476 (26 May 1977), 1973 – 1975 | MSS 2015-03, Box 2 |
| fileNo-Fault Auto Insurance After-action Reports on the 1976 failure – memoranda, correspondence, reports, news clippings. Includes: “Senate Action on No-Fault Auto Insurance in the 94th Congress (undated); memoranda of American Insurance Association re S. 35 | MSS 2015-03, Box 2 |
| fileNo-Fault Auto Insurance Cost Studies – correspondence and memoranda. Milliman and Robertson: “Cost Estimate Study for H. R. 10, The National No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act” (31 December 1973); “Comparison of State Farm and Allstate Projections of Ef | MSS 2015-03, Box 2 |
| fileNo-Fault Press Articles re 1976 Senate floor considerations in Congressional Record, 1975-1976 | MSS 2015-03, Box 3 |
| fileNo-Fault Auto Insurance [binder 4] – H. R. 13048 section by section analysis, 1978 | MSS 2015-03, Box 3 |
| fileNo-Fault Auto Insurance [binder 5] – Conning & Company actuarial studies: “An Evaluation of No-Fault Automobile Insurance Costs” prepared for the American Insurance Association (November 1977, November 1978); Milliman and Robertson actuarial study: “Cost | MSS 2015-03, Box 3 |
| fileDOT HS 807 800 Final, Source of Payment for the Medical Cost of Motor Vehicle Injuries in the United States, 1992-01 | MSS 2015-03, Box 4 |
| fileInsurance Research Council, Paying for Auto Injuries: A Consumer Panel Survey of Auto Accident Victims, 1994-05 | MSS 2015-03, Box 4 |
| fileDOT HS 808 425, The Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 1994, 1994 | MSS 2015-03, Box 4 |
| file“Affordable Auto Insurance for Urban Communities: The Universe of Possibilities,” Conference – conference papers, 1995 | MSS 2015-03, Box 4 |
| fileIRC, Fraud and Buildup in Auto Injury Claims, Pushing the Limits of the Auto Insurance System, 1996, 1996 | MSS 2015-03, Box 4 |
| fileNPTS Symposium: “Daily Travel by Persons with Low Income,” 1997, 1997 | MSS 2015-03, Box 4 |
| fileNAIC, Auto Insurance Database (AUT-PB 97-98-99), 1998 | MSS 2015-03, Box 4 |
| fileNo-Fault Auto Insurance – “Pain and Suffering.”, 1999 | MSS 2015-03, Box 4 |
| fileNo-Fault Auto Insurance – Gary T. Schwartz, “Auto No-Fault and First-Party Insurance Advantages and Problems.”, 1999 | MSS 2015-03, Box 4 |
| fileIRC, Injuries in Auto Accidents, An Analysis of Auto Insurance Claims, 1999 | MSS 2015-03, Box 4 |
| fileIRC, Paying for Auto Injuries, A Consumer Panel Survey of Auto Accident Victims, 1999, 1999 | MSS 2015-03, Box 4 |
| fileNo-Fault Auto Insurance – RAND ICJ Project Memorandum; “The Effects of an Enhanced Choice Auto Insurance Plan on Auto Insurance Costs and Premiums,” PM-1303-ICJ, April 2002; “The Effects of a Choice Automobile Insurance Plan,” 1999; Stephen J. Carroll, Ja | MSS 2015-03, Box 5 |
| fileDOT HS 809 446, U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, “The Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Crashes,” May 2000 , 2000 | MSS 2015-03, Box 5 |
| fileInsurance Research Council, Auto Injury Claiming Behavior in No-Fault States. An Analysis of Florida PIP Trends, April 2001, 2001 | MSS 2015-03, Box 5 |
| fileInsurance Research Council, Auto Injury Claiming Behavior in No-Fault States. An Analysis of New York PIP Trends, April 2001, 2001 | MSS 2015-03, Box 5 |
| fileInsurance Research Council, Auto Injury Claiming Behavior in No-Fault States. An Analysis of New York PIP Claims, December 2001, 2001 | MSS 2015-03, Box 5 |
| fileNo-Fault Auto Insurance – IRC (Insurance Research Council), Analysis of Auto Injury Insurance Claims from Four No-Fault States: Colorado, Florida, Michigan and New York, 2004;; IRC, Fraud and Buildup in Auto Injury Claims, Pushing the Limits of the Auto I | MSS 2015-03, Box 5 |
| fileNo-Fault Auto Insurance – AICPCU Trends on Auto Injury Claims , 2004 | MSS 2015-03, Box 5 |
| fileAICPCU, Analysis of Auto Injury Insurance Claims from Four Tort States: California, Illinois, Texas, Washington, Insurance Research Council, June 2005, 2005-11 | MSS 2015-03, Box 5 |
| fileNo-Fault Auto Insurance – Florida’s Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law, Report Number 2006-102, prepared for The Florida Senate by the Committee on Banking and Insurance, 2005 | MSS 2015-03, Box 6 |
| fileNo-Fault Insurance – Michigan. Insurance Institute of Michigan No-Fault Legislative Reform Analysis Project. Correspondence, charts, agenda, minutes, 2006 | MSS 2015-03, Box 6 |
| fileNo-Fault Auto Insurance – Minnesota Automobile No-Fault Study, 2006 | MSS 2015-03, Box 6 |
| fileAuto Insurance printed articles | MSS 2015-03, Box 6 |
| fileState Farm, No Fault Press Reference Manual. A Continuously Updated Informational Service on Car Insurance Reform Published for the Press by the Public Relations Department, State Farm Insurance Companies, Bloomington, Ill. [1978?], 1978? | MSS 2015-03, Box 6 |
| seriesAuto Choice Files | |
| fileKinzler Auto Choice Files Annotations (2016) | MSS 2015-03, Box 7 |
| fileAuto Choice – Consumer Groups. Correspondence and memoranda, Kinzler notes. Statement of J. Robert Hunter, Consumer Federation of America: “Choice no Fault” before the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress (19 March 1997); news clippings , 1972-2003 | MSS 2015-03, Box 7 |
| fileAuto Choice Advantages. Documents, correspondence, papers re benefits of auto choice for auto manufacturers, cities, rural America, business community. “Auto Choice: Impact on Cities and the Poor”; “Alternative Ways to Address the Liability of Defendants | MSS 2015-03, Box 7 |
| fileAuto Choice Miscellaneous Documents – correspondence, memoranda, papers and printed materials. Also included is: “Introduction to the Auto Insurance Affordability Problem” presentation by Orin Kramer, National Conference on Auto Insurance Issues (16 March | MSS 2015-03, Box 7 |
| fileAuto Choice – No-Fault Insurance Primary Issue. Correspondence, drafts, handwritten notes, 1975-1977 | MSS 2015-03, Box 7 |
| fileAuto Choice Insurance Stripped-Down No-Fault Bill – correspondence, memoranda, handwritten notes, 1976, 1978-1979 | MSS 2015-03, Box 7 |
| fileAuto Choice – Alternative Auto Insurance Act of 1992. Memoranda re auto insurance reform, facts sheets, documents from the DOT (January 1991); Commentary to Draft Federal Bill Allowing Choice as to Auto Insurance (undated); press releases. Jeffrey O'Conne | MSS 2015-03, Box 8 |
| fileAuto Choice – No-Fault RAND article, background documents, some correspondence, drafts and other documents, 1992-1998 | MSS 2015-03, Box 8 |
| fileAuto Choice – Kinzler “No-Fault Insurance: Everyone Wins but the Lawyers,” Washington Post, 31 December 1995, 1995 | MSS 2015-03, Box 8 |
| fileAuto Choice – CAR solicitations, speeches and strategy. Memoranda and correspondence, 1995-2003 | MSS 2015-03, Box 8 |
| fileS. 1860 Auto Choice Reform Act Bill and Hearing. Statement of Peter Kinzler, testimony of Andrew Tobias, JEC: “Improving the American Legal System: the Economic Benefits of Tort Reform” (March 1996), 1996 | MSS 2015-03, Box 9 |
| fileAuto Choice – Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage Financial Responsibility Limits charts, 1996 | MSS 2015-03, Box 9 |
| fileAuto Choice – Crossroads, The Auto Compensation Project newsletters and brochures, 1996-03 | MSS 2015-03, Box 9 |
| fileAuto Choice – Committee for Comprehensive Automobile Accident Restitution and Rate Deductions drafts for a bill, 1996-1997 | MSS 2015-03, Box 9 |
| fileAuto Choice – DOT [Department of Transportation] – “Democratic History and Bipartisan”. Correspondence, memoranda, CAR documents re democratic heritage of no-fault insurance, 1996-1998 | MSS 2015-03, Box 9 |
| fileAuto Choice – ATLA [Association of Trial Lawyers of America] Critiques and Responses to auto choice, 1996-1999 | MSS 2015-03, Box 9 |
| fileAuto Choice – Maryland No-Fault. Correspondence and Statement of Peter Kinzler in support of H.B. 144, Optional Limited Tort Motor Vehicle Coverage before a Joint Hearing of The Economic Matters Committee and The Judiciary Committee of the Maryland House | MSS 2015-03, Box 9 |
| fileAuto Choice JEC Hearing – Automobile Insurance Reform. Press release; Allan F. Abrahamse and Stephen J. Carroll, “The Effects of a Choice Automobile Insurance Plan Under Consideration by the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress”, RAND (A | MSS 2015-03, Box 10 |
| fileAuto Choice – S. 625 Auto Choice Act of 1997. Summaries, correspondence, statements of senators Joseph Lieberman, Mitch McConnell; “The Benefits and Savings of Auto Choice”, A Joint Economic Committee Report (April 1997), 1997-04 | MSS 2015-03, Box 10 |
| fileAuto Choice – S. 625 Hearing of 17 July 1997. Testimonies of Peter Kinzler of CAR, Andrew Tobias, Stephen Carroll for RAND Institute for Civil Justice; Stenographic Transcript of Hearings (17 July 1997); witness list, memoranda, 1997 | MSS 2015-03, Box 10 |
| fileAuto Choice – NPR Talk of the Nation: “Automobile Insurance” (13 May and 5 November 1997) transcriptions, 1997 | MSS 2015-03, Box 10 |
| fileAuto Choice – CAR statements and brochures, 1997-1998 | MSS 2015-03, Box 10 |
| fileAuto Choice – George L. Priest, “Why ‘Auto Choice’ is a Lemon,” WSJ 21 July 1998 and the Quebec “experience.” Correspondence, memoranda and papers related to the article. Pierre Gauthier, “No-Fault and Accident Frequencies in Québec (January 1999); Herita | MSS 2015-03, Box 10 |
| fileAuto Choice Endorsements, 1997-1998 | MSS 2015-03, Box 10 |
| fileH.R. 2021 Auto Choice Reform Act – Hearing before the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials of the Committee of Commerce. Press releases, working documents, Kinzler statement, correspondence and memoranda. Rep. Dick Armey articles, 1997 - 1998 | MSS 2015-03, Box 10 |
| fileAuto Choice Myth versus Reality – forms and drafts, 1997-1998 | MSS 2015-03, Box 10 |
| fileAuto Choice – Costs. Extensive email correspondence with Steve Carroll of RAND ICJ and Dan Miller of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee (JEC) re data of auto choice costs, 1997, 1999-2002 | MSS 2015-03, Box 10 |
| fileAuto Choice S. 625 Redraft, 105th Congress – extensive correspondence and memoranda, drafts of S. 625, 1997-1999 | MSS 2015-03, Box 11 |
| fileAuto Choice – CAR Funding Proposals and Legislative Strategy Plan. Working papers, correspondence, drafts, 1997-2001 | MSS 2015-03, Box 12 |
| fileAuto Choice – House and Senate Vote Counts. Briefings notes, correspondence, floor speeches, 1997-2001 | MSS 2015-03, Box 12 |
| fileAuto-Choice – Peter Kinzler and Michael Horowitz (Hudson Institute) articles, 1997, 2001 | MSS 2015-03, Box 12 |
| fileAuto Choice – Costs Estimates. Reports, proposals, recommendations, correspondence re “experience” and attorney fees. File includes NAIC [National Association of Insurance Commissioners] reports and “Choice in Auto Insurance: Updated Savings Estimates for | MSS 2015-03, Box 12 |
| fileAuto Choice - ATA [American Trucking Associations]. Correspondence between ATA and CAR [Coalition for Auto-Insurance Reform], roster, agendas, working papers, 1997-2003 | MSS 2015-03, Box 12 |
| fileAuto Choice – JEC [Joint Economic Committee]: “Auto Choice: Impact on Cities and the Poor” report (March 1998). Statements of senators Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Mitch McConnell, Joe Liebermann; charts, 1998 | MSS 2015-03, Box 13 |
| fileAuto Choice – AARP. Correspondence between AARP and members of Congress, “Benefits of Auto Choice for Senior Citizens” and other similar documents, 1998 | MSS 2015-03, Box 13 |
| fileAuto Choice – U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform. Agenda for meeting, working documents, 1998 | MSS 2015-03, Box 13 |
| fileS. 625 The Auto Choice Act Hearing: “Auto Insurance Coverage” before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (9 September 1998); testimonies of Robert J. Demichelis on behalf of The Brain Injury Association; Mark Mandell, preside | MSS 2015-03, Box 13 |
| file[S. 625 The Auto Choice Act Hearing] - Impact on Business and the Poor. JEC: “Auto Choice: Relief for Business & Consumers (July 1998); Robert Lee Maril, “The Impact of Mandatory Auto Insurance Upon Low Income Residents of Maricopa County, Arizona”; state | MSS 2015-03, Box 13 |
| fileCritiques of Auto Choice from national organizations: National Organization for Women, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, NAIL [National Association of Independent Insurers], American Academy of Actuaries, State Farm, and others, 1998-1999 | MSS 2015-03, Box 13 |
| fileAuto Choice Debates: CFA [Consumer Federation of America]; Auto Accident Compensation Project Debate, Boston and Denver; IRES [Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society]; Professional Insurance Agents Debate; transcription of “Auto Insurance Debate”, Tulane | MSS 2015-03, Box 13 |
| fileAuto Choice – Committee for Economic Development (CED) – “Breaking Litigation Habit.” Correspondence and press releases, 1998-2000 | MSS 2015-03, Box 13 |
| fileAuto Choice – CAR Conference: Perspectives on Federal Auto Choice Legislation. Conference Papers, 1999-01-28 - 1999-01-29 | MSS 2015-03, Box 14 |
| fileH.R. 1475 Auto Choice Reform Act of 1999 , 1999 | MSS 2015-03, Box 14 |
| fileAuto Choice – Low Income Drivers – PPI (Program Policy Institute). Correspondence, memoranda; Robert Lee Maril, “The Impact of Mandatory Auto Insurance Upon Low Income Residents of Maricopa County, Arizona.”, 1999 | MSS 2015-03, Box 14 |
| fileS. 837 Auto Choice Reform Act. Transcript of Hearing on Senate Bill 837 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (9 June 1999); statements of Peter Kinzler on behalf of the Coalition for Auto Insurance Reform, Andrew Tobia | MSS 2015-03, Box 14 |
| fileS. 837 Auto Choice Reform Act of 1999 – Highway Fatality Data Annotated Findings, 1999 | MSS 2015-03, Box 14 |
| fileS. 837 – Senate Commerce Committee. Correspondence with members re mandatory rate reduction, state opt-in, driver choice in employment, consumer choice in buses, 1999-2000 | MSS 2015-03, Box 14 |
| fileAuto Choice – No-Fault and Accidents. J. Davis Cummins, et al (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania): “The Incentive Effects of No Fault Automobile Insurance” (16 August 1999); comments and news clipping, 1999-2000 | MSS 2015-03, Box 14 |
| fileAuto Accident Fraud - news clippings and some correspondence, 1999-2001 | MSS 2015-03, Box 14 |
| fileAuto Choice – Allstate. Letter and working papers re “Why Allstate should support the Federal Auto Choice Reform Act.”, 2000 | MSS 2015-03, Box 14 |
| fileAuto Choice – New England Journal of Medicine Saskatchewan Whiplash Study. Correspondence and article, 2000 | MSS 2015-03, Box 14 |
| fileAuto Choice – Draft article for The New Democrat and Ted Lascher articles, 2000 | MSS 2015-03, Box 14 |
| fileAuto Choice – Black Caucus luncheon , 2000-2001 | MSS 2015-03, Box 14 |
| fileH.R. 1704 The Auto Choice Reform Act of 2001, After the Accident Choice – correspondence with members of Congress, memoranda, agenda, drafts re alternatives “for an after the accident choice”; news clippings, 2001 | MSS 2015-03, Box 14 |
| fileAuto Choice articles. Peter Kinzler, The evolution of a Liberal-Conservative Consensus on Automobile Insurance Reform: from a Mandatory Federal No-Fault Auto Insurance Bill in the 1970s to the Auto Choice Reform Act of 2001, 2001 | MSS 2015-03, Box 15 |
| fileInsurance Research Council, Fighting Insurance Fraud: Survey of Insurer Anti-Fraud Efforts, December 2001, 2001 | MSS 2015-03, Box 15 |
| fileS. 2931 To enable drivers to choose more affordable form of auto insurance that also provides for more adequate and timely compensation for accident victims, and for other purposes, 108th Congress (Comyn, McConnell, McCain). Correspondence, memoranda, wor | MSS 2015-03, Box 15 |
| fileAuto Choice – Colorado No-Fault. Correspondence and working papers. “Colorado No-Fault Automobile Insurance Actuarial Study” (December 2002); “Colorado’s Transition from No-Fault to Tort Auto Insurance, How the Sunset of the No-Fault Auto Insurance Law Ch | MSS 2015-03, Box 15 |
| fileInsurance Research Council, Auto Injury Insurance Claims: Countrywide Patterns in Treatment, Cost, and Compensation, December 2003, 2003 | MSS 2015-03, Box 15 |
| fileAuto Choice – No Fault Insurance. 5th Annual Insurance Summit: “A vibrant insurance market; critical for economic growth.” Florida, Insurance Forum 2011, 2011 | MSS 2015-03, Box 15 |
| fileAuto Choice – Auto Injury Horror Stories, n.d. | MSS 2015-03, Box 15 |
| fileAuto Choice – Charts Transparencies and Accident Scenario Compensation Charts, n.d. | MSS 2015-03, Box 15 |
| fileNews articles were digitized and are available upon request | MSS 2015-03, Box 15 |
| seriesProduct Liability Files – Materials from the Danforth-Dodd Alternative Compensation Effort | |
| fileKinzler Product Liability Files Annotations | MSS 2015-03, Box 16 |
| fileInteragency Task Force on Product Liability – PB-273 220, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1977, 1977 | MSS 2015-03, Box 16 |
| fileInsurance Services Office Product Liability Closed Claim Survey: A Technical Analysis of Survey Results, 1977, 1977 | MSS 2015-03, Box 16 |
| fileProduct Liability – S. 44 Product Liability Act. Correspondence, memoranda, working papers. Robert C. Eckhardt, “S. 44 and Product Liability or How the Knights of the Business Roundtable Besieged the Citidel of the Common Law of Torts” (undated); S. 44 To | MSS 2015-03, Box 16 |
| fileProduct Liability – CFA [Chartered Financial Analyst] Product Liability Conference – conference papers, handwritten notes , 1984 | MSS 2015-03, Box 16 |
| fileProduct Liability – Draft Bills Leading to S. Amendment # 16 and to S. 100, 1984-1985 | MSS 2015-03, Box 17 |
| fileProduct Liability – S. Amendment #16, Dodd Liability Bill Background Documents. Correspondence, memoranda, working papers, news clippings. Testimony of Senator Christopher J. Dodd (18 June 1985), 1984-1985 | MSS 2015-03, Box 17 |
| fileProduct Liability – memoranda and drafts, 1984-1985 | MSS 2015-03, Box 17 |
| fileProduct Liability – Comments on Staff Working Draft # 1 on “A Bill to regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform liability law, and for other purposes.” Correspondence, memoranda, drafts, comments from interested parties on follow up drafts t | MSS 2015-03, Box 18 |
| fileProduct Liability Act Amendment Hearings before the Subcommittee on the Consumer of the Committee of Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 95th Congress (18, 25 June 1985); letter from Guido Calabresi to Blair Bolles (14 June 1985), 1985 | MSS 2015-03, Box 18 |
| fileProduct Liability – Comments on Staff Working Draft # 2 on “A Bill to regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform liability law, and for other purposes.” Extensive correspondence, memoranda, drafts, comments from interested parties, news clipp | MSS 2015-03, Box 18 |
| fileProduct Liability – S. 1999/S. 2760. Correspondence, memoranda, statements, news clippings, working papers re S. Amendment #16 into S. 1999 and S. 2760. File includes statement of Senator Dodd in opposition to the Kasten-Inouye-Gorton-Riegle Amendment; st | MSS 2015-03, Box 19 |
| fileKeystone Product Liability Project. Minutes of plenary sessions, correspondence, 1985-1986 | MSS 2015-03, Box 19 |
| fileProduct Liability – Mid America Institute for Public Policy Research Conference papers, 1986 | MSS 2015-03, Box 20 |
| fileProduct Liability 100th Congress – correspondence, memoranda, drafts of bill. Statement of Senator Christopher J. Dodd (18 June 1985) , 1987 | MSS 2015-03, Box 20 |
| fileProduct Liability 102nd Congress. Correspondence, memoranda, news clippings and some earlier documents related to product liability., 1989-1992 | MSS 2015-03, Box 20 |
| fileProduct Liability Briefing Book for Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, for Senate floor consideration of S. 640, 1992 | MSS 2015-03, Box 20 |
| fileProduct Liability # 1-3 – extensive correspondence, memoranda, reports, drafts, surveys, printed materials, background materials regarding amendments to bill S. 640. Includes statements of senators Rockefeller and Dodd (September 1992); statement of Dr. D | MSS 2015-03, Box 21 |
| fileProduct Liability 103rd Congress Drafts – correspondence and working papers related to bill, 1993 | MSS 2015-03, Box 22 |
| fileS. 687 Product Liability Fairness Act – correspondence, background papers, statement of Senator John D. Rockefeller IV on the introduction of the act (31 March 1993); Post-hearing Questions of Senator Gorton on S. 687, the Product Liability Fairness Act ( | MSS 2015-03, Box 22 |
| fileProduct Liability Senate and House Debates – some drafts and background documents, 1992, 1994-1995 | MSS 2015-03, Box 22 |
| fileProduct Liability Senate Floor – working documents, handwritten notes, and notes. CQ’s Washington Alert (19, 23 June 1995), Daily Digest Senate 25-26 April 1995, 1995-1996 | MSS 2015-03, Box 23 |
| seriesPunitive Damage Files | |
| filePeter Kinzler comments and annotations of punitive damages files | MSS 2015-03, Box 23 |
| filePunitive Damages in All Civil Cases – memoranda and drafts re punitive damages reform, 1994-1996 | MSS 2015-03, Box 23 |
| filePunitive Damages – Civil Justice Reform. Correspondence, extensive memoranda, proposals, drafts, working papers re punitive damages in financial injury cases related to H.R. 956, Civil Justice Reform Legislation. Draft of “Uniform Standards for Award of P | MSS 2015-03, Box 24 |
| filePunitive Damages – Civil Justice Reform 1995, Senate Vote Counts, 1995 | MSS 2015-03, Box 24 |
| filePunitive Damages – Civil Justice Reform. Kinzler memoranda re implications, options, for Federal Civil Justice Reform Legislation; status reports, drafts, 1996 | MSS 2015-03, Box 24 |
| filePunitive Damages – Alliance for Fair Legal Reform. Memoranda; Alliance for Fair Legal Reform, “The Need for Punitive Damages Reform in Financial Injury Cases” (March 1998), 1996-1998 | MSS 2015-03, Box 24 |
| filePunitive Damages – RAND, ICJ. Memoranda, working and printed materials re punitive damages. Eric Moller, et al, Punitive Damages in Financial Injury Jury Verdicts, Executive Summary, RAND, [1996]; Survey on Liability Lawsuit Reform and Punitive Damages (1 | MSS 2015-03, Box 24 |
| filePunitive Damages – memoranda and materials for White House Briefing [Rand Study]. MR-888-ICJ Punitive Damages in Financial Injury Jury Verdicts, RAND Institute for Civil Justice; Peter Kinzler, “Punitive Damages Awards: Fiction, Facts and Fixes.”, 1997-07 | MSS 2015-03, Box 25 |
| filePunitive Damages – Correspondence and memoranda. American College of Trial Lawyers Report on Punitive damages of the Committee on Special Problems in the Administration of Justice, 1989, 1998 | MSS 2015-03, Box 25 |
| filePunitive Damages – 105th Congress Punitive Damages Bills S. 1554 and H.R. 4785 background materials. Memoranda, drafts, statement of Senator Orrin Hatch to accompany introduction of the Fairness Damages Awards Act (19 January 1999); Senate Judiciary Heari | MSS 2015-03, Box 25 |
| fileClass Action Fairness Act – memoranda, agendas, working papers re Class Action Reform Legislation. S. 274 The Class Action Fairness Act of 2003 and 2005, 1998-2005 | MSS 2015-03, Box 25 |
| filePunitive Damages and Class Action Legal Reform Agendas, 2002-2003 | MSS 2015-03, Box 25 |
| seriesVaccine Files | |
| fileVaccine Compensation – S. 827 A Bill To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the compensation of children and others who have sustained vaccine-related injuries, and for other purposes (1985) drafts of bill, 1985-1986 | MSS 2015-03, Box 26 |
| fileVaccine Compensation – Senate testimony of 18 July 1985 and miscellaneous files. Report of the Cabinet Council on Human Resources, Working Group on Vaccine Supply and Liability (undated); statement by Robert B. Johnson, president of Lederle Laboratories; | MSS 2015-03, Box 26 |
| fileVaccine Compensation – correspondence, memoranda, drafts, notes. File includes: Institute of Medicine, Vaccine Supply and Innovation, Washington, National Academy Press, 1985; statement of Sen. Christopher Dodd on Compensation of People Injured by Childho | MSS 2015-03, Box 27 |
| seriesDigital Files | |
| itemKinzler 1970 No-Fault Files Annotations, 1970 | |
| item1975 Florida Hearing, 1975 | |
| item1975 Massachusetts Hearing – letters to Tip O’Neill, Jr., 1975 | |
| item1975 No Fault Backgrounder – constitutionality. The Tort/Insurance System v. No-Fault, 1975 | |
| item1976 Scenario for House Passage – notes, charts, correspondence , 1976 | |
| item1977 Amends, draftsman response, misc. – “Why NF and What NF” handwritten notes; HR 6601 amendments EK [Robert Eckhardt] draftsman response , 1977 | |
| item1977 Draft of House and Senate bill – Comparison of Major Features of Senate Staff Working Draft (14 February 1977); Section by Section Analysis of Bills Concerning No-Fault Automobile Insurance Introduced in the 94th Congress and a Redraft Introduced in | |
| item1977 Murphy Bill Intro – H.R. 6601 [A bill to provide basic standards for State no-fault benefit plans for the rehabilitation and compensation of motor vehicle accident victims, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce] | |
| item1977 New York Hearing Moynihan Article: “Next A New Auto Insurance, NYT Magazine (undated); Committee Report, The “No-Fault” Principle by the Special Committee on Automobile Insurance Plans (undated); New York No-Fault Automobile Insurance Experience; sta | |
| item1977 S. 1381 Magnuson Introduction [Senator Warren Magnuson] – S. 1381: A bill to provide basic standards for State no-fault benefit plans for the rehabilitation and compensation of motor vehicle accident victims, and for other purposes, 95th Congress, 1s | |
| item1978 American Bar Association No-Fault Insurance Report, a Study by The Special Committee in Automobile Insurance Legislation (February 1978); copies of pages: “The Superlawyers”, no imprint, undated, 1978 | |
| itemAFL [American Federation of Labor] - CIO [Congress of Industrial Organizations] Support (1975-1976) –correspondence and printed materials, 1975-1976 | |
| itemAgents Impact (1978) – correspondence and newspaper article, 1978 | |
| itemAuto Choice -1978, includes Keeton-O’Connell - American Insurance Association on S. 1381 – Report of Subcommittee on No-fault Law Revision on S. 1381, Standards for No-Fault Motor Vehicle Accidents Benefits Act (95th Congress, 1st Session) [1975], 1975 | |
| itemAnalysis of H.R. 6601 (section by section) (undated) | |
| itemAttorneys for No-Fault (1978, 1990) - lists, drafts, memoranda, printed materials, 1978, 1990 | |
| itemAuto Choice 1978, include Keeton-O’Connell Plan - memoranda, discussion drafts, printed materials, 1978 | |
| itemCarter Administration Memo – background materials. Includes correspondence and memoranda, printed materials (1977-1978), 1977-1978 | |
| itemNo-Fault Congress Budget (1978) - correspondence, 1978 | |
| itemCommittee for Consumers No-Fault materials – “no-fault the way to end auto insurance roulette,” A handbook by the Committee for Consumers No-Fault” (undated); “A history of No-Fault, Fault and No-Fault” (undated); Summary on State Experience with No-Fault | |
| itemU. S. House of Representatives Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Mark-Up – House Floor Counts (1978) – correspondence, memoranda, floor counts, 1978 | |
| itemNo-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Legislation Comparison of HR 6601 and 5149 (undated) | |
| itemCost and Value Summary – Effect of Enactment of National Standards in H.R. 9650 (undated) | |
| itemCost Data & Analysis of Bills – working materials, correspondence, memoranda | |
| itemFirst All Industry Research Advisory Committee (AIRAC) Study 1979, 1979 | |
| itemFord and National Auto Dealers Association – correspondence, notes | |
| itemH.R. 6601 Criticism and Possible Changes (1977), 1977 | |
| itemHR 13048 Briefing Book | |
| itemImpact on the Poor Congressional Research Service – “Automobile Insurance and Low Income Drivers, A Report prepared for the Honorable Ralph Metcalfe (24 August 1977); “Resolutions Adopted at the 5th Annual National Convention of the Coalition of Black Tra | |
| itemJudicial Conference on Impact on Federal Acts (1975), 1975 | |
| itemKemper Insurance Companies, Prudential, Nationwide Insurance Support (1976) [to No-Fault Insurance] – correspondence, memoranda, printed materials | |
| itemLibrary of Congress CRF Materials (1978) – Insurance Information Institute Fact Sheet; Fifty-State Survey on Contributory and Comparative Negligence; Kathleen E. Shea, “No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Brief Number IB73022” (undated); State Guest Suit Law | |
| itemMajor Provision of H.R. 6001 (Moss) 1977 - Major Provisions of H.R. 6601 Standards for No-fault Motor Vehicle Accident Benefits Act, 1977 | |
| itemMedical Costs Controls and NF Benefits – No-Fault Health Data – correspondence and printed materials (1977), 1977 | |
| itemMemoranda 1977, State hearing findings – memoranda and printed materials, 1977 | |
| itemMemos VanDeerlin, 1978 Loss, Voluntary No-Fault – Memoranda re defeat of no-fault in Congress, 1978 | |
| itemMI N-F Experience [Michigan No-Fault Experience] – “Three Years if Experience with No-Fault Automobile Insurance in Michigan” (undated); testimony of Elmer P. Simon on behalf of the Michigan Association of Insurance Companies on Michigan and Federal no-Fa | |
| itemMiscellaneous Costs Reports Binder 2 – Allstate, State Farm Data; Broyhill Memo; Comparison of H.R. 5149; Criticisms and Replies; Death Ratio-Cost Data; Fast Track Data: Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, New York; Keeton- O’Connell AIA Report of Special Comm | |
| itemMiscellaneous Reports: ABA Report (ca. 1975); Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate (4 April 1978); Auto Liability Insurance Costs (1978); Court Decisions list (1974-1976); report on the consumer attitudes regarding Michigan no-fault automobile insura | |
| itemMurray Bloom and other arts on trial lawyers –articles (1977), 1977 | |
| itemNational Auto Policy No-Fault and Airbags – Automobile Insurance Today [costs] (1977); Address by Bob Eckhardt before the Fifth International Congress on Automotive Safety, “Motor Vehicle Goals Beyond 1980 From the Standpoint of the Commercial User” (11 J | |
| itemNHTSA Fatal and Injury Accident Rates on Federal-Aid and other Highway Systems (1973) , 1973 | |
| itemNo-Fault Amendments (1978) – proposed amendments. Correspondence, memoranda, drafts, 1978 | |
| itemNo-Fault Dear Colleague letter (1 April 1977); also lists of members to be solicited for co-sponsorship of the no-fault bill; “Why No-Fault and What No-Fault” letter (1977), 1977-04-01 | |
| itemNo-Fault H.R. 13048; Memorandum on Background on H.R. 9650, the National Standards for No-fault Benefits Act; Daniel Etsy No-Fault Automobile Insurance in Theory and Practice (8 January 1979); statement by Tom Downs of Lansing, Michigan to the Subcommitte | |
| itemNo-Fault Auto – Esther Peterson (undated) | |
| itemNo-Fault Auto Press Release (1977); also Rachel Flick, “Using hardball politics and cold cash, aggressive lawyers are battling the country’s best idea in auto coverage; Why Lawyers Hate No-Fault, Reader’s Digest, March 1990), 1977, 1990-03 | |
| itemNo-Fault Auto – Prudential. Correspondence, press release; “The Illusion of No-Fault“ an address by Donald S. MacNaughton, CEO, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Second Annual Federal Court, Federal Bar Association District of New Jersey Confer | |
| itemNo-Fault Background Summary – Summaries for members of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Finance of the Committee of Interstate and Foreign Commerce: “The need for basic standards for no-fault automobile insurance – deficiencies in the automobil | |
| itemNo-Fault Bills – H.R. 13048, 95th Cong. (1978); H.R. 9650, 94th Cong. (1975); H.R. 6601, 95th Cong. (1977), 1975, 1977, 1978 | |
| itemNo-Fault Conflict Law – P. John Kozyris, “No-Fault Insurance and the Conflict of Law – An Interim Update” 1973 Duke Law J. (1009) , 1973 | |
| itemNo-Fault Congress – Correspondence (1977-1978), 1977-1978 | |
| itemNo-Fault Correspondence – Choice (1977-1978) , 1977-1978 | |
| itemNo-Fault DSG Letter (5 June 1978), 1978-06-05 | |
| itemNo-Fault Good Morning America – Transcript of 29 July 1977 which discussed no-fault auto insurance on “Face-Off”: “Should no fault auto insurance be required nationwide?”, 1977-07-29 | |
| itemNo-Fault State General (Reagan) – correspondence, memoranda, printed materials (1974-1979), 1974-1979 | |
| itemO’Connell Choice Articles (1986) – Miscellaneous No-Fault articles and reports, 1986 | |
| itemQuestions for American Trial Lawyers | |
| itemReagan and other Republicans support – correspondence (1978), 1978 | |
| itemRehabilitation – correspondence, memoranda and printed materials re rehabilitation and catastrophic expensive medical care (1975), 1975 | |
| itemRep Bob Eckhardt (D-TX) Speeches for the Insurance Information Institute (2 September 1977), CATRALA [Car and Truck Renting and Leasing Association] Dinner (11 October 1977), Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California (16 December 1977); Commen | |
| itemS. 1381 [National Standards No-Fault Bill] – S. 1381, 95th Cong. 1978. Correspondence, memoranda, report and bill, news clippings | |
| itemSection by section analysis of H.R. 9650 – background documents, Congressional Record H8789 (September 1975); Amendments to H.R. 6601, 1975-09 | |
| itemSection by section rationale of H.R. 9650 (undated) | |
| itemSection by section analysis of H.R. 13048 – some correspondence and drafts | |
| itemState Farm and Allstate Cost Estimates [1975, 1977], 1975, 1977 | |
| itemState v. Federal – memoranda, correspondence, news clippings re [conflict between state and federal tort law] | |
| itemStudies, Hearings and Havens Legislative History – Sarah Havens, “A Legislative History of No-Fault Insurance” (undated) and list of studies re no-fault insurance cost savings. [No hearings information] | |
| itemStudies: An Evaluation of No-Fault Automobile Insurance Costs prepared by Conning & Company for the American Insurance Association, November 1977; An Evaluation of No-Fault Automobile Insurance Costs prepared by Conning & Company for the American Insuranc | |
| itemTruck and Commercial Vehicles: Transportation Association of America, “Whose Fault Under No Fault? Should trucks and buses pay higher costs under no-fault highway insurance? The record show no basis for such discrimination” (1975), 1975 | |
| itemUMVARA [Uniform Motor Vehicle Accident Reparation Act] Model State Law (undated) | |
| itemUnited Transportation Union – Opposition [to No-Fault]. Includes statements of James R. Snyder, National Legislative Director of the United Transportation Union on H.R. 6601, H.R. 2300 and Other Related Bills, “Requiring No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance a | |
| itemUS DOT Study – DOT P 30-84-20, Compensating Auto Accident Victims, A Follow-up Report on No-Fault Auto Insurance Experiences, May 1985; DOT P 6100.2, State No-Fault Automobile Insurance Experience 1971-1977, June 1977, 1971-1977, 1985 | |
| itemVan Deerlin [Lionel Van Deerlin (D-CA)] Press – correspondence re press questions and answers related to the no-fault bill (1975), 1975 | |
| itemWashington, D.C. No-Fault – correspondence, memoranda and newspaper clippings | |
| otherlevelPrinted Materials | |
| itemAICPCU, Paying for Auto Injuries: A Consumer Panel Survey of Auto Accident Victims, Insurance Research Council, August 2004, 2004-08 | MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials |
| itemAICPCU, Fraud and Buildup in Auto Injury Insurance Claims, Insurance Research Council, December 2004 , 2004-12 | MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials |
| itemAICPCU, Analysis of Auto Injury Insurance Claims from Two Choices States: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Insurance Research Council, October 2005, 2005-10 | MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials |
| itemAICPCU, Fraud and Buildup in California Auto Insurance Claims, Insurance Research Council, December 2005, 2005-12 | MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials |
| itemAICPCU, Florida Auto Injury Insurance Claim Environment 2006 Report, Insurance Research Council, February 2006, 2006-02 | MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials |
| itemAICPCU, Trends in Auto Injury Claims, Insurance Research Council, January 2008 , 2008-01 | MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials |
| itemAICPCU, Auto Injury Insurance Claims: Countrywide Patterns in Treatment, Cost, and Compensation, Insurance Research Council, January 2008, 2008-01 | MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials |
| itemAICPCU, Hospital Costs Shifting and Auto Injury Insurance Claims, Insurance Research Council, February 2010, 2010-02 | MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials |
| itemJeffrey O’Connell, Peter Kinzler, and Dan Miller, “No-Fault Insurance at 40: Dusting Off an Old Idea to Help Consumers Save Money in an Age of Austerity, NAMIC, Issue Analysis, December 2011, 2011-12 | MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials |
| itemKinzler, Peter and Jeffrey O’Connell, “More for less under Auto Choice: fewer dollars for lawyers, fraud, pain and suffering and insurance companies mean lower premiums and Better Compensation for Motorists,” reprinted form Lascher, The Economics and Poli | MSS 2015-03, Printed Materials |
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