Former lead paint makers went before Rhode Island's Supreme Court on Monday to prevent the state from honoring a contract potentially worth tens of millions of dollars. The attorney general's office hired two private firms to press the suit, filed in 1999, and agreed to pay the outside lawyers more than 16 percent of whatever the state got if it won the case. An industry lawyer told justices the contract was unconstitutional because it gave outside lawyers a financial interest in the case's outcome.
April 05, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Former makers of lead paint went before the Rhode Island Supreme Court on Monday to prevent the state from honoring a contract with its private lawyers that is potentially worth tens of millions of dollars.
A jury in February held three manufacturers — Sherwin-Williams Co., Millennium Holdings LLC and NL Industries, Inc. — liable for creating a public nuisance with lead paint, which was banned in 1978 because it can cause serious health problems in children.
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