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PROVIDENCE -- Three major corporations that won a dramatic state Supreme Court verdict last month overturning a jury finding that they created a public nuisance by selling lead paints here, returned to court today to convince a judge to force the state to compensate them for some of their costs during their nine-year legal battle with the state.

Specifically, the companies targeted the private Motley Rice law firm, which funded much of the state's case and stood to earn millions of dollars should the state prevail.

Judge Michael A. Silverstein also heard arguments on a new issue: Some scholars who were hired to evaluate the state proposal for removing the lead paint in Rhode Island asked if they could write academic papers on what they learned.

-- Journal environment writer Peter B. Lord

 Tags  lead paint Supreme Court

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Dan said:

The public money used to pay lawyers and court fees would have been better spent training people and funding programs to remove lead paint. The paint companies should chip in, too. They have philanthropic funds that can be used to help low-income peopleget rid of their lead paint.

Link | August 17, 2008 12:25 PM
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