STATE v. LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, INC.

Nos. 2010-278-Appeal, 2010-296-Appeal.

69 A.3d 1304 (2013)

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

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Field , Department of Attorney General, for Plaintiff.

John A. MacFadyen, Esq. , Providence, for Defendants The Sherwin-Williams Co., NL Industries, Inc., and Millennium Holdings, LLC.

Laura B. Ellsworth, Esq. , Pro Hac Vice, for Defendants The Sherwin-Williams Co., NL Industries, Inc., Millennium Holdings, LLC, ConAgra Grocery Products Co., American Cyanamid Company and Cytec Industries, Inc.

Present: SUTTELL, C.J., GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, and INDEGLIA, JJ.


OPINION

Chief Justice SUTTELL, for the Court.

On July 1, 2008, this Court issued an opinion in a civil action brought by the State of Rhode Island (plaintiff or state) against various former lead pigment manufacturers1 and the Lead Industries Association, Inc., thus concluding what is widely considered to be the longest civil jury trial in this state's history. See State v. Lead Industries Association, Inc.,

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