CITY OF ST. LOUIS, Appellant,
v.
BENJAMIN MOORE & COMPANY, et al., Respondents.
Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 12, 2007.
June 12, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael A. Garvin, Richard E. Banks, Patricia A. Hageman, Steve J. Kovac, Office of St. Louis City Counselor, St. Louis, MO, Ronald Scott, Patricia G. Chapman, Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP, Houston, TX, for Appellant.
Harvey M. Tettlebaum, Jefferson City, MO, Paul Michael Pohl, Charles H. Moellenberg, Jr., Jones Day, James R. Miller, Michael J. Sweeney, Pittsburg, PA, Mark G. Arnold, Thomas M. Dee, Shirley A. Padmore, Alan C. Kohn, Robert F. Murray, J. William Newbold, Daniel C. Cox, Thompson Coburn, LLP, Daniel J. Carpenter, Arindam Kar, Kenneth J. Mallin, Christopher J. Schmidt, Bryan Cave LLP, Jerome C. Simon, Peter Gullborg, St Louis, MO, Michael T. Nilan, Paula D. Osborn, Minneapolis, MN, Donald E. Scott, Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott, LLP, Timothy S. Hardy, Denver, CO, Elizabeth L. Thompson, Paul J. Skiermont, Carol A. Hogan, Chicago, IL, Dale A. Normington, The Sherwin-Williams Company, Cleveland, OH, for Respondents.
Deirdre C. Gallagher, St. Louis, MO, Eric G. Lasker, Spriggs & Hollingsworth, Washington, D.C., National Paints & Coatings Association, for Amicus Curiae.
Jordan B. Cherrick, Kirsten M. Ahmad, St. Louis, MO, James M. Beck, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Hugh F. Young, Jr., Reston, VA, Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., for Amicus Curiae.
Erwin O. Switzer, III, St. Louis, MO, Richard O. Faulk, Houston, TX, American Chemistry Council, for Amicus Curiae.
James B. Deutsch, Thomas W. Rynard, Jane A. Smith, Jefferson City, MO, Missouri Chamber Legal Foundation, for Amicus Curiae.
Robin S. Conrad, Amar D. Sarwal, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Sherman Joyce, American Tort Reform Association, Robert T. Adams, Victor E. Schwartz, Philip S. Goldberg, Shook Hardy Bacon, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and American Tort Reform Association, for Amicus Curiae.
Todd S. Hageman, Simon Passanante, P.C., St. Louis, MO, Alliance for Healthy Homes, the St. Louis Lead Prevention Coalition, and the Children's Health Advocacy Project, for Amicus Curiae.
Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.
PER CURIAM.1
INTRODUCTION
The city of St. Louis has a program to assess, abate and remediate lead paint because it can be harmful when ingested by children. The city filed this public nuisance claim against companies that put lead paint into the stream of commerce seeking to recover its costs for the program. The city could not connect any specific defendant to any specific abatement...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.
