Cities of San Francisco, Oakland Join Lawsuit Against Former Lead-Paint, Pigment Producers
SAN FRANCISCO — The cities of San Francisco and Oakland have joined a class-action lawsuit against former lead-paint and lead-pigment manufacturers following a California court’s rejection of most of the claims made in an earlier suit filed by Santa Clara County. Attorneys representing the two cities also said several other California counties indicated that they also planned to join the suit as plaintiffs, according to press reports.
Attorneys filing the suits said the defendant companies systematically sought to “thwart government regulation and full disclosure of the damage caused by their products,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported. But lawyers representing companies named as defendants said the action by San Francisco and Oakland was not viewed as significant.