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Paint litigation was a frequent focus for Public Nuisance Wire in 2009.

MISSISSIPPI - Sherwin-William has filed notice of intent to appeal a $7 million verdict favoring a former Mississippi high school sports star who blames the paint company for lead poisoning.

The amicus brief submitted in August by the National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA) in Pennsylvania v. Janssen Pharmaceutica is an excellent companion piece to Janssen’s January application for extraordinary relief.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Since 2000, trial lawyer Jack McConnell has contributed to the campaigns of 13 current U.S. senators who may eventually help make him a federal judge.

In an exclusive interview with Public Nuisance Wire, Lisa Perrochet of Horvitz & Levy explains some of the negative consequences of public nuisance suits.

Last July, the Supreme Court of Rhode Island held that the state “cannot allege” facts sufficient to state a claim for common law public nuisance against lead pigment manufacturers. In the upcoming Santa Clara v. ARCO case, the same rules may apply.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - For nine years prospective federal judge nominee Jack McConnell battled paint makers with boundless powers he received from attorneys general he helped elect.

In light of subsequent actions against lead paint and asbestos manufacturers, a 2001 commentary by Robert Levy of the Cato Institute on contingency-fee arrangements seems positively prescient.

The Public Nuisance Fairness Coalition and associated groups have filed an amici curiae brief in support of the defendant in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - A trade association says government agencies that were lured by the "siren song" of plaintiffs attorneys seeking state contracts have jeopardized balanced government decision-making in parens patriae litigation.

MISSISSIPPI - Paint maker Sherwin-Williams has filed for a new trial after being hit with a jury verdict of $7 million for manufacturing lead paint that allegedly harmed a Mississippi athlete.

In a conversation about everything from court cases to Buddhism, it's easy to see why her blog is becoming a must-read for legal professionals and law junkies alike.

MADISON, Wisc. (Legal Newsline) - After a setback in Mississippi, the paint industry earned another victory Tuesday when the Wisconsin Supreme Court sided with it in the case of a minor who claimed it was liable for his lead poisoning.

MADISON, Wisc. -- Children suffering from lead paint poisoning cannot sue the paint’s manufacturer, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled today.

PROVIDENCE -- The nomination of trial attorney Jack McConnell to a federal judgeship in Rhode Island and his relationship with former State Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse has sparked a great deal of controversy.

PROVIDENCE -- Jack McConnell’s highly partisan background could bar him from a federal judgeship seat, according to a Rhode Island Republican Party official.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Vice President Joe Biden has announced nearly $100 million of stimulus funding will go toward lead paint removal from low income homes.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Bay area attorney and public nuisance litigator Ann Ravel has been appointed by the Obama administration to head the Justice Department’s Torts Branch.