Former lead paint manufacturers found liable for creating a public nuisance in Rhode Island say lawyers for the state misrepresented to jurors the extent of the state’s childhood lead poisoning problem and are pushing for a new trial. In February, …
A judge fined Rhode Island’s attorney general $10,000 last week for public comments he made after the state won a lawsuit against former lead paint manufacturers, his second fine over statements about the case. A jury in February found three …
A judge held the Rhode Island attorney general in civil contempt and fined him $5,000 for publicly accusing former lead paint makers of twisting the facts during Rhode Island’s landmark lawsuit against the companies, according to newly unsealed court documents. …
Former makers of lead paint went before the Rhode Island Supreme Court in Providence recently to prevent the state from honoring a contract with its private lawyers that is potentially worth tens of millions of dollars. A jury in February …
Former lead pigment manufacturers knew their product caused brain damage and killed children but continued to sell it anyway, a lawyer said last Friday as the closing arguments concluded in the state’s lawsuit against the lead paint industry. Jack McConnell, …
Lawyers for four lead-paint makers accused of creating a public-health threat that poisons thousands of children a year abruptly rested their case on Jan. 26 without calling any witnesses. Later in the day, defense lawyer Suesan Lea Pace said in …
A judge dealt a potential setback Wednesday to the state’s landmark lawsuit against former makers of lead paint, preventing two key witnesses from testifying about how much has been spent to combat the problem in Rhode Island. The dollar figures …
A group of landlords went to court Wednesday to ask a judge to strike down the state’s new lead paint law, saying it unfairly exempts certain property owners from following the regulations. Superior Court Judge Stephen J. Fortunato Jr. was …
The former director of the Rhode Island Department of Health acknowledged Monday as she was cross-examined in the state’s lawsuit against former lead paint manufacturers that the department’s own Web site says routine maintenance and house cleaning can help prevent …
A Rhode Island judge in a Providence courtroom called a prosecutor’s question to a witness prejudicial and irrelevant, but refused on this week to declare a mistrial in the state’s lawsuit against the companies that made lead-based paint. Instead, Superior …
