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Calif. lead paint judge urges sides to settle this week
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — The judge presiding over an estimated $1 billion lawsuit against the manufacturers of lead paints and pigments urged both parties to “settle” during trial this week....
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Lead paint witnesses talk about poisoned children
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — Key witnesses in the suit against the nations one-time top lead paint manufacturers told stories Friday about poisoned children in two of the jurisdictions waging...
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Testimony focuses on lead paint cleanup
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Lead-based paint is a costly clean up; that’s why 10 cities and counties in California are suing one-time lead pigment and paint manufacturers to cover the abatement...
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Calif. lead paint trial enters third week
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — The public nuisance lawsuit against one-time manufacturers of lead pigment and paints continued into its third week of testimony Monday. On the stand Monday in the...
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Both sides in Calif. trial use same lead paint expert
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — Both sides in the trial against former lead pigment and paint manufacturers used a California state scientist as an expert witness this week. Kleinberg Joseph...
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Attorney: Abatement would mean big bucks for plaintiffs’ lawyers
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — The fact that blood lead levels in California are at their lowest in decades hasn’t stopped a group of cities and counties, and their attorneys, from pursuing a...
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Paint manufacturers ask judge in Calif. lead paint trial to toss case
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — The defendants in an ongoing trial over lead paint — one-time paint and pigment manufacturers — have asked the California judge hearing the case to dismiss it. On...
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Calif. real estate board concerned about impact of lead paint case
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — A California real estate board says it is concerned about the impact of a lead paint case, currently on trial in Santa Clara County Superior Court, on the state’s...
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Lead paint plaintiffs respond to summary judgment motions
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Plaintiffs pursuing a lead paint public nuisance case against five paint manufacturers responded to two defendants’ motions for summary judgment by saying one of the...
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Defense presents first witness in Calif. lead paint trial
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — The defense in a lawsuit against one-time lead paint and pigment manufacturers presented its first witness Thursday. Washburn Stephen Washburn, principal scientist...
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Doctor says lead paint knowledge has changed ‘radically’
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Defense witness Dr. Peter English, testifying in the sixth week of a public nuisance trial under way in Santa Clara County Superior Court, said that knowledge of the...
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Lead paint defense witness attacks plaintiffs witness’ research
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — Defense witness Dr. David Garabrant on Tuesday continued to try to discredit research conducted by a key plaintiff witness in the lead paint public nuisance trial...
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There’s no lead paint ‘public nuisance,’ spokeswoman says
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — Proving that lead paint manufacturers created a public nuisance in 10 California cities and counties is difficult for plaintiffs on a number of fronts, according to...
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Sides rest in Calif. lead paint trial
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg on Thursday praised lawyers prosecuting and defending a 13-year-old lead paint public nuisance case after...
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Lead paint plaintiffs’ victory may bring unintended consequences
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — California and its residents will face unintended consequences if 10 cities and counties win their lawsuit over the presence of lead paint in older homes, says Tony...
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Judge again asks sides to settle in Calif. lead paint case
SAN JOSE (Legal Newsline) – Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg on Monday ended proceedings in a 13-year-old case against paint companies by admonishing both sides, again, to...
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Lead paint decision now in hands of judge
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — Whether childhood lead poisoning in 10 California cities and counties can be blamed on one-time lead paint and pigment manufacturers is a decision that rests solely...
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Calif. judge says NL, ConAgra, Sherwin Williams must pay $1.1 billion in lead...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) — A California judge on Monday ordered NL Industries, ConAgra and Sherwin Williams to pay $1.1 billion to replace or maintain lead paint in millions of homes....
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