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Ohio sponsors present bill to limit public-nuisance claims against manufacturers
Summary
House Bill 126 would bar public-nuisance lawsuits that target lawful design, manufacture or sale of products, sponsors said, while preserving product-liability and environmental remedies; sponsors cited AEP Co. v. Connecticut and an Ohio Supreme Court opiate decision as context.
Two sponsors presented House Bill 126 in the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee, saying the measure would stop courts from treating ordinary product design, manufacture, marketing or sale as a public nuisance when the products are used as intended. The bill, sponsors said, would not block product-liability suits or claims under other statutes that explicitly address environmental contamination.
Sponsors said the bill is intended to restore public-nuisance law to…
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