Lead Paint Lawyers Ask Rhode Island to Pay Their Court Costs
Six weeks after the Rhode Island Supreme Court freed four paint companies of billions of dollars in liability for lead paint cleanup, lawyers for the companies argued that the state and plaintiffs counsel must cover court fees in the case. Several large teams of Am Law 100 Lawyers and local counsel have clocked time on the matter since Rhode Island became the first state to win a public nuisance claim against the lead paint industry.
