Legal Opinion
City of Philadelphia v. Lead Industries Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 11, 1993No. Nos. 92-1419, 92-1420 and 92-1463PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
COWEN, Circuit Judge.
The City of Philadelphia (“City”) and the Philadelphia Housing Authority (“PHA”) brought this action against manufacturers of lead pigment and their trade association to recover the costs of abating hazardous lead-based paint which plaintiffs must incur pursuant to newly promulgated federal regulations. Plaintiffs allege that for decades defendants knew their product, lead pigment, caused lead poisoning in children. Nevertheless, defendants marketed lead pigment for use in paint intended for residential buildings and refused to warn consumers of the…
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