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Litigation

Jul. 13, 2013

Lead paint trial, starting Monday, poses new threat to corporate defendants

A trial set to start Monday in Santa Clara County Superior Court might tip the scale in favor of plaintiffs who have been trying to sue lead paint makers for decades with little success.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A trial set to start Monday in Santa Clara County Superior Court might tip the scale in favor of plaintiffs who have been trying to sue lead paint makers for decades with little success. The 10 California counties and cities bringing the lawsuit accuse five companies or their subsidiaries of having made and sold paint that still hurts children, who ingest chips of the stuff as it flakes off the walls of aging ...

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