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WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives has approved a bill that would shield makers and sellers of ____ from lawsuits brought by people who claim the products caused...

From Business Insurance:

WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives has approved a bill that would shield makers and sellers of food from lawsuits brought by people who claim the products caused obesity or other ailments.

The House passed the Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act—H.R. 554—on a 306-to-120 vote Wednesday. The measure would ban new claims and dismiss pending personal injury claims brought against food manufacturers, marketers, advertisers, distributors, sellers and trade associations alleging that consumption of food products caused weight-related health problems.

Claims alleging breach of contract unrelated to health problems, violations of applicable federal or state law and actions brought by federal regulatory agencies would be exempt from the liability shield.

The Senate has yet to vote on its version of the bill.

Incidentally, the article does give a brief mention to that other bill, too.

Could we be witnessing the start of tort reform in this country? Hmmm, not quickly enough:

Environmentalists sued the Navy on Wednesday, claiming that a widely used form of sonar for detecting enemy submarines disturbs and sometimes kills whales and dolphins.

The sonar "is capable of flooding thousands of square miles of ocean with dangerous levels of noise pollution," according to the lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles.