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Witnesses urge caution on House Bill 126—s public-nuisance changes; committee adopts subbill clarifying language
Summary
Opponents warned the bill could unintentionally foreclose existing statutory pathways for governments to recover cleanup or contamination costs; the committee adopted a substitute subbill intended to clarify certain provisions and then closed the third hearing.
Dustin Herman, a product-liability attorney representing the Ohio Association for Justice, urged the House Judiciary Committee to slow down and refine House Bill 126 to avoid unintended consequences for public-nuisance and statutory remediation claims.
Herman said public-nuisance law historically enables governments and communities to hold corporations accountable for costs of contamination and disasters. He asked the committee to ensure any statutory…
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