The city of Milwaukee filed suit against Mautz Paint Co. and NL Industries Inc. seeking compensation to pay for the cost of cleaning up old lead-based paint hazards.
MILWAUKEE — The city of Milwaukee filed suit against Mautz Paint Co. of Madison, WI, and NL Industries Inc., seeking compensation to pay for the cost of cleaning up old lead-based paint hazards. Lawyers representing the city said the suit was filed against just two defendants in an effort to simplify the case and move the suit more quickly through pretrial procedures.
Responding to the suit, Mautz Paint Co. President Daniel Drury issued a prepared statement saying the company could not comment on the "specifics or merits" of the city's suit. But Drury said the company has "always manufactured our products in full compliance with the laws then in effect and to the highest of industry standards. We are confident once the facts are exposed, the appropriateness of the company's action and our concern for the public health will become clear." Drury said Mautz would "vigorously defend ourselves against this effort and continue to focus our energies on our products, our employees and our communities."