Following the tobacco lawsuits their is growing talk about lawsuits against the fast food industry. The claim is that restaurants play a role in making people obese just as the tobacco industry had a role in causing smokers to have lung cancer. Its quite possible that these lawsuits might fall in favor of the plaintiffs.
A state senator from Nebraska wants to change that. Senator Jeanne Combs used to weight over 300 pounds. After having gastric bypass surgery several years ago she managed to bring her own weight down to 165 pounds. She is now advocating personal responsibility and seeking to pass a law banning lawsuits against the food industry for obesity.
"Nebraska state Sen. Jeanne Combs used to weigh more than 300 lbs., and she hopes that fact will carry some weight in her campaign to prohibit people from suing the fast-food industry for making them fat."
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