I don't understand what you're trying to say here. The fact that companies will now be liable means that if even a single person is affected, not only is there clear liability, the kind of offenses that aren't sued for right now, because the payoff is to low to cover the court costs, are suddenly perfectly viable class action suits for amounts in the hundreds of millions of dollars against single manufacturers.

That's a huge shift, and about as far from "moot" as you can get.