Legal Opinion
Hurt v. Philadelphia Housing Authority
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 27, 1992No. Civ. A. 91-4746PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GILES, District Judge.
Plaintiffs are past and/or present residents of housing units owned and/or managed by the Philadelphia Housing Authority (“PHA”). Plaintiffs have filed a class action suit against PHA, other local, state, and federal government instrumentalities and officials, lead-pigment manufacturers, and those manufacturers’ trade association. Plaintiffs advance a plethora of claims against defendants based upon injuries allegedly sustained as a result of exposure to' lead-based paint applied to their PHA housing units. 1 Plaintiffs seek both compensatory and injunctive…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Lindsey v. NormetSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- National Leased Housing Association, and 189 Named v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1997
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