Lead Paint Looms As Target for Tobacco-Type Legal Actions
WASHINGTON — Lawyers involved in last year’s $246-billion tobacco settlement are reported to be setting their sights on a new target: a lawsuit against the manufacturers of lead pigments formerly used in house paint.
Published reports said lawsuits filed by state attorneys general could make similar arguments to those used in cases against asbestos and tobacco companies — that manufacturers knew their product was dangerous but sold it anyway.