Litigation

Recent Posts

California Judge Orders $1.15 Billion Fund To Remediate Lead Nuisance
Posted on 8 Jan 2014 by Beth Caputo

SANTA JOSE, Calif. — (Mealey’s) A California judge on Jan. 8 ordered three of the defendant companies in the state’s public nuisance action against lead-paint and lead manufacturers to pay, pursuant to joint and several liability, $1... Read More

Tags: lead paint , CLPPB , Santa Clara County , California Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch , Sherwin-Williams Co. , lead , California , joint and several liability , et al. v. Atlantic Richfield Co. , Santa Ana , E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. , lead manufacturers , NL Industries Inc. , Litigation , Atlantic Richfield Co. , ARCO , W.P. Fuller , public nuisance liability , ConAgra Grocery Products Co.

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Risk-Contribution Constitutionality Case
Posted on 18 May 2015 by James Cordrey

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey’s) The U.S. Supreme Court on May 18 denied certiorari in a case in which a former maker of lead-based paint had argued that Wisconsin’s risk-contribution theory violates the due process clause of the U.S. Constitution... Read More

Tags: Ernest Gibson , The Sherwin-Williams Co. , E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. , Milwaukee Department of Health and Services , lead , personal injury , product liability , lead-based paint , American Cyanamid Co. , American Cyanamid Company v. Ernest Gibson , NL Industries Inc. , Litigation , Armstrong Containers Inc. , U.S. Supreme Court , Atlantic Richfield Co. , Wisconsin , ARCO , torts , Millennium Holdings LLC