STATE v. LEAD INDUSTRIES, ASS'N, INC.

Nos. 2004-63-M.P., 2006-158-Appeal, 2007-121-Appeal.

951 A.2d 428 (2008)

STATE of Rhode Island v. LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Kelly, John McConnell, Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Genevieve Allaire-Johnson, James Lee, Providence, for Plaintiff.

John A. MacFadyen, III, Donald Scott, Pro Hac Vice, Joseph Cavanagh, Laura Ellsworth, Pro Hac Vice, Paul M. Pohl, Pro Hac Vice, Thomas Bender, William Kayatta, Pro Hac Vice, John Tarantino, for Defendants.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., FLAHERTY, SUTTELL, and ROBINSON, JJ.


OPINION

Addressing the issues seriatim for a unanimous Court, Chief Justice Williams authored Tracks I and II and Associate Justices Suttell, Flaherty, and Robinson authored Tracks III, IV, and V, respectively. In this landmark lawsuit, filed in 1999, the then Attorney General, on behalf of the State of Rhode Island (the state), filed suit against various former lead pigment manufacturers and the Lead Industries Association (LIA), a national...

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