Pennsylvania Municipality Sues Former Makers Of Lead Paint For ‘Health Crisis’

(November 16, 2018, 2:04 PM EST) -- NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Montgomery County, Pa., on Oct. 4 sued the former makers of lead-based paint in Pennsylvania state court, seeking abatement of the “ongoing public nuisance and health crisis created by” the defendants’ “manufacture, promotion, propagation, sale, and/or distribution of” lead-based paints and pigments in the county (Montgomery v. Atlantic Richfield Company, et al., No. 2018-23539, Pa. Comm. Pls., Montgomery Co.)....