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« Judge to hear arguments on punitive damages in lead paint case | Today | Governor urges CRMC to reject Champlin Marina expansion » February 27, 2006Arguments over lead-paint suit damages will continuePROVIDENCE -- A judge will continue hearing arguments tomorrow morning on whether three former lead paint makers should have to pay punitive damages. Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein listened to arguments this afternoon from lawyers for the paint makers, and he will hear tomorrow from the state. A jury last week found the three companies -- Sherwin Williams Co., Millennium Holdings and NL Industries -- liable for creating a public nuisance and said they should be ordered to clean up lead paint contamination. At issue now is whether the companies can be punished with damages over and above the cost of cleanup. The jury that reached the verdict was told to return to court at 2 p.m. tomorrow. It had originally been scheduled to come back at 9:30 a.m. -- The Associated Press and Journal staff writer Peter Lord The state says tens of thousands of children in Rhode Island have suffered lead poisoning since the early 1990s and that hundreds of thousands of homes contain lead paint. Rhode Island sued former lead pigment manufacturers in 1999 and is the first state to defeat the companies in court. -- The Associated Press and Journal environment writer Peter B. Lord Posted by Jack Perry |
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