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Business groups back House Bill 126 to bar product-based public nuisance suits; sponsors say it codifies Ohio Supreme Court ruling
Summary
Proponents including the Ohio Chamber and the American Tort Reform Association told the committee House Bill 126 would prevent public nuisance lawsuits based on products and codify a recent Ohio Supreme Court decision about the Product Liability Act; testimony framed the bill as clarifying, not creating, law.
Representatives of business groups told the Senate Judiciary Committee they support House Bill 126, which would bar public nuisance claims that allege a product unreasonably interferes with a right common to the public, and they said the bill simply codifies an Ohio Supreme Court interpretation of the Product Liability…
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