Sherwin, NL, ConAgra Lose $1.1 Billion Lead Paint Ruling

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Sherwin, NL, ConAgra Lose $1.1 Billion Lead Paint Ruling

Sherwin, NL, ConAgra Lose $1.1 Billion Lead Paint Ruling

December 17, 2013 | Bloomberg

Sherwin-Williams Co., NL Industries Inc. and ConAgra Grocery Products LLC were ordered by a judge to pay $1.1 billion to replace or contain lead paint in millions of homes after losing a public-nuisance lawsuit brought by 10 California cities and counties. Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg in San Jose, California, yesterday tentatively ruled against the companies after a non-jury trial that lasted about five weeks. Two other defendants, Atlantic Richfield Co., a Los Angeles-based unit of BP Plc, and Wilmington, Delaware-based DuPont Co., won dismissal of the claims against them. [...]

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Sherwin, NL, ConAgra Lose $1.1 Billion Lead Paint Ruling