RI was suing for billions based on winning a Public Nuisance suit. Phhhooony hhhoooyy. This is socialism. When you can't gain on merit, inflate a traffic ticket into a grand felony. YYYeeeeAAAa RI Supremes by 4 - 0. (Dunno how that works.) Two Supreme Court decisions for common sense in one week. Perhaps common sense will become a movement.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island's Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a first-in-the-nation jury verdict that found three former lead paint companies responsible for creating a public nuisance, rejecting a closely watched case that had been seen as a bellwether for potential suits across the country.
The 4-0 decision ends the nearly decade-long court fight and spares the companies from potentially billions in cleanup costs for hundreds of thousands of contaminated homes.
The court, however, said the state's lawsuit should have been dismissed at the outset. It said that while lead paint may be a public health problem, it was not the companies' responsibility to clean it up because they, unlike landlords and homeowners, had no control over how the paint was used or if it was used in properties where children were poisoned.
