Plaintiffs target high-profile defendants capable of paying the victims in a case involving 100 deaths Al Prudhomme isn’t sure exactly whom to blame for a 2003 nightclub fire that killed two of his band mates, about a dozen friends and …
Three former lead paint manufacturers asked a judge this week to strike down a proposed Rhode Island plan calling for the companies to pay about $2.4 billion to clean up thousands of properties contaminated with the toxic substance. The state …
Home Depot Inc. and a Connecticut insulation company have tentatively agreed to a $5 million settlement in lawsuits brought by survivors of a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire and relatives of the 100 people killed, a lawyer for the families …
Three former makers of lead paint that lost a landmark Rhode Island lawsuit, including Cleveland-based Sherwin-Williams Co., would have to pay an estimated $2.4 billion to clean up hundreds of thousands of homes contaminated with lead under a state proposal …
Several defendants being sued by relatives of the 100 people killed in a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire have tentatively agreed to a $13.5 million settlement, one of the lawyers for the families told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The …
When Rhode Island won what could be a multibillion-dollar verdict against former lead paint manufacturers last year, advocates hoped the victory would trigger a wave of successful lawsuits against the industry. But two recent court decisions in New Jersey and …
More than a year after the state won a landmark lawsuit against former manufacturers of lead paint, the two sides remain at a gaping impasse over how the cleanup of contaminated properties in Rhode Island should be carried out. Some …
The state of Rhode Island has recommended that a public health expert assist a judge who is preparing to order a massive cleanup of homes contaminated by lead paint, while three manufacturers who lost a landmark lawsuit last year said …
Lawyers for the state of Rhode Island and former lead paint manufacturers were expected this week to recommend experts to assist a judge as he directs the companies to carry out what could be a hugely expensive cleanup of homes …
A state fire marshal who said he never noticed a major safety problem at a Rhode Island nightclub where a fire later killed 100 people can’t be sued because state law shields him from liability and because he didn’t ignite …
