HURT v. PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY

Civ. A. No. 91-4746.

806 F.Supp. 515 (1992)

Harold and Evangeline HURT, et al., v. PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

August 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Monheit, Maryann Monheit, Law Offices of Herbert Monheit, Philadelphia, Pa., Kenneth F. McCallion, Bernard Persky, James W. Johnson, Arthur M. Neiss, Goodkind, Labaton & Rudoff, New York City, for Harold Hurt, Evangeline Hurt, Tanya Parker and Veronica Cooper.

Denise J. Baker, Roxanne D. Galeota, Philadelphia Housing Authority, Lois W. Davis, Asst. U.S. Atty., Alan C. Kessler, Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corp., Philadelphia, Pa., Elaine Romberg, Felix Baxter, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for Philadelphia Housing Authority.

Lois W. Davis, Asst. U.S. Atty., Elaine Romberg, Felix Baxter, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for Jack Kemp, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development and U.S.

Patrick K. O'Neill, Philadelphia Solicitor's Office, John B. Day, Thomas J. Wamser, Deputy City Sol., Michael Mathers, City of Philadelphia, Law Dept., R. Matthew Pettigrew, Jr., Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, Pa., for City of Philadelphia.

Joseph B.G. Fay, Thomas M. Kittredge, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, James D. Pagliaro, Philadelphia, Pa., Mary Morrissey Sullivan, Mark L. Sullivan, Sullivan, Sullivan, & Pinta, Boston, Mass., for Lead Industries Ass'n, Inc.

Jonathan F. Bloom, Bennett G. Picker, Bolger, Picker, Hankin & Tannenbaum, Philadelphia, Pa., Donald E. Scott, Timothy S. Hardy, John S. Walker, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C., for NL Industries, Inc.

Robert C. Heim, Mary A. McLaughlin, Abigail R. Simkus, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., Otis Pratt Pearsall, Philip H. Curtis, William H. Voth, Arnold & Porter, New York City, Murray Garnick, Lawrence V. Stein, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., for Atlantic Richfield Co.

John P. Penders, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman and Goggin, Philadelphia, Pa., Charles H. Moellenberg, Jr., Alan D. Chute, Jones, Day, Reavis & Payne, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Sherwin-Williams Co.

Michael K. Sullivan, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., G. Marc Whitehead, Michael T. Nilan, Scott A. Smith, Minneapolis, Minn., for SCM Corp. and Glidden Co.

Andre L. Dennis, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Philadelphia, Pa., Charles W. Siragusa, Wade R. Joyner, Crowley, Barrett & Karaba, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for Fuller-O'Brien Corp.

Mark Lynch, Norman L. Haase, Emily Morris Salmons, Dunn, Haase, Sullivan, Mallon, Cherner & Broadt, Media, Pa., for St. Joe Minerals Corp.

James D. Shomper, Jr., Gary N. Brown, Dupont Co., Wilmington, Del., for E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co.

Thomas A. Kuzmick, Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa., for Carboline Co.

Paul F. Lantieri, Bennett, Bricklin & Saltzburg, Philadelphia, Pa., Lawrence J. Gornick, James L. Miller, William A. Levin, Amy J. Levin, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for Devoe Coating Co.

Natalie Tull Greene, Thomas P. Grace, LaBrum and Doak, Philadelphia, Pa., Glenn M. Cooper, Ronald Dweck, Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg and Cooper, Bethesda, Md., for Duron, Inc.

Michael J. Sweeney, James R. Miller, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., for Pratt & Lambert, Inc.

Mitchell S. Pinsly, Philadelphia, Pa., for Rust-Oleum Corp. and XIM Products, Inc.

Linda T. Jacobs, Cohen, Shapiro, Polisher, Shiekman & Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for Ameron, Inc.

Joanne R. Jenkins, Thompson & Pennell, Joseph R. Thompson, Philadelphia, Pa., for The Valspar Corp.

William J. O'Brien, Conrad, O'Brien, Gellman, De Stefano & Rohn, Philadelphia, Pa., for Courtalds Coatings, Inc.

Thomas B. York, Dept. of Public Welfare, Harrisburg, Pa., for Regina Dunkinson, and Bureau of Hosp. and Outpatient Programs.


MEMORANDUM

GILES, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are past and/or present residents of housing units owned and/or managed by the Philadelphia Housing Authority ("PHA"). Plaintiffs have filed a class action suit against PHA, other local, state, and federal government instrumentalities and officials, lead-pigment manufacturers, and those manufacturers' trade association. Plaintiffs advance a plethora of claims against defendants based upon injuries allegedly sustained...

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