15 U.S.C. § 2074 — Private remedies

(a) Liability at common law or under State^* statute not relieved by compliance. Following consumer product^* safety rules or other rules or orders under this chapter does not remove a person’s liability to another person under common law or State statutory law.

(b) Evidence of Commission’s inaction inadmissible in actions relating to consumer products. In a common-law or State-law case about a consumer product, the Commission’s failure to act or start a proceeding about the product’s safety may not be admitted as evidence.

(c) Public information. Subject to sections 2055(a)(2) and 2055(b), and despite section 2055(a)(1), (1) an accident or investigation report made under this chapter by a Commission^* officer or employee must be made public in a way that does not identify an injured person or a person treating that person, unless the identified person consents; and (2) all reports about research projects, demonstration projects, and related activities are public information.