MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama residents who've been eating too much fried chicken or too many loaded burgers at their favorite restaurants may be out of luck if they want to file lawsuits against the businesses for making them fat.
The Alabama House is set to debate a bill Tuesday that would prohibit lawsuits against restaurants, grocery stores or other businesses claiming that eating certain food caused a weight gain.
The bill, called the "Common Sense Consumption Act" will be on the agenda in the Alabama House as lawmakers return for the 21st day of the 2011 session after a difficult weekend that saw most of them comforting citizens back home after tornadoes devastated the state last week, killing 250 people. The House returns at 1 p.m. and the Senate comes into session at 3 p.m.
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