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House approves bill limiting obesity-related lawsuits, critics warn of future costs
Summary
The Utah House passed a bill barring certain obesity-related lawsuits against food providers, 47-17, after extended debate about individual responsibility, public-health costs and potential effects on state Medicaid recoveries.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House on its final day of the general session approved legislation that would bar many lawsuits against food providers for obesity-related harms, a proposal supporters called a clarification of personal responsibility and opponents said could limit legal recourse and complicate future state cost recovery.
Representative Hutchings, the bill sponsor, told colleagues the measure — discussed in the House as the Common Sense Consumption Act — is narrowly aimed at claims arising from an individual’s long-term, voluntary overeating and does not apply to injuries from…
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