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Environment - Still more on: Rhode Island's Massive Lead Paint Tort Case
Updating this July 1 ILB entry on the Supreme Court of Rhode Island's decision rejecting a massive public nuisance suit against former lead-pigment manufacturers, Eric Tucker of the AP has a comprehensive story today headed "R.I. lead paint loss gives...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 7, 2008 01:35 PM
Environment - More on: Rhode Island's Massive Lead Paint Tort Case
Overturned! That is the word this afternoon. Susan A. Baird of the Providence Business News reports in a long story that begins:PROVIDENCE – In a unanimous ruling this morning, the R.I. Supreme Court rejected the landmark decision against former lead-pigment...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 1, 2008 01:05 PM
Environment - Rhode Island's Massive Lead Paint Tort Case
The ILB has had a number of entries on lead paint and on the Rhode Island suit - see the list here. For even more, see this Findlaw column by Anthony J. Sebok, a professor at Benjamin N. Cardozo School...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 26, 2008 01:44 PM
Law - Another take on massive suits against lead paint manufacturers
NY Times business columnist Joe Nocera's Saturday column in the NY Times is headed "The Pursuit of Justice, or Money?" Some quotes:Although lead was outlawed in paint in 1978 — and though many industry players had removed it even earlier...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 9, 2007 12:11 PM
Law - More on: "6 Ohio Cities Rush to File Suits Against Makers of Lead Paint"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 6, 2007, that began with this quote from a NY Times story:Racing against a proposed state law that would limit paint manufacturers’ liability for lead poisoning in aging neighborhoods, Cincinnati has joined five other...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 8, 2007 10:50 AM
Law - "6 Ohio Cities Rush to File Suits Against Makers of Lead Paint" [Updated]
From today's NY Times, this story: CINCINNATI, Jan. 5 — Racing against a proposed state law that would limit paint manufacturers’ liability for lead poisoning in aging neighborhoods, Cincinnati has joined five other Ohio cities in filing suits that seek...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 6, 2007 07:21 PM
Law - More on: How paint companies lost a multi-billion dollar lead paint suit
Updating this ILB entry from Sunday is this AP story today headlined "State's Contract With Outside Attorneys Unconstitutional, Say Lead Paint Industry Lawyers." Some quotes:Former makers of lead paint went before the Rhode Island Supreme Court on Monday to prevent...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 5, 2006 08:18 AM
Law - How paint companies lost a multi-billion dollar lead paint suit
This Feb. 24 ILB entry included this quote from the AP:Three former makers of lead paint are liable for a product that has poisoned Rhode Island children for years, a jury ruled in a verdict that could result in the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 2, 2006 08:23 AM
Environment - Hoosier National Forest; Lead Paint
National Forest. The Indianapolis Star today has an editorial today headlined "Forest land selloff isn't a smart deal." Some quotes:Even if Indiana schools and communities were to receive a significant chunk of money, selling off land in the Hoosier National...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 24, 2006 08:30 AM