Papers of Peter Kinzler
Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1968-2011
Creator
- Kinzler, Peter (Person)
Biographical / Historical
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.
Extent
10.5 Linear Feet (27 archival boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Arrangement
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]
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Creator
- Kinzler, Peter (Person)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
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University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22903 United States
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