Under proposals to establish uniform federal standards for determining liability:
A) Plaintiffs would be discouraged from proceeding to trial.
B) Companies would not have to go through repeated trials on the same charges in different states.
C) Judges rather than juries would determine the original amount of punitive damages.
D) Consumers would have to prove that a manufacturer knew or should have known that a product design was defective.

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The proposal suggests that uniform federal standards for determining liability be established in order to prevent companies from having to go through repeated trials on the same charges in different states. This suggests that companies would benefit from this proposal, which makes option B the best choice.

Answer: C
 The proposal suggests that judges rather than juries would determine the original amount of punitive damages. This would limit the decision-making power of juries and shift it to judges, making option C a valid choice.

Therefore, the correct answer is B and C.

Under Proposals to Establish Uniform Federal Standards for Determining Liability