7th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Most Lead Paint Cases In ‘Sprawling’ Litigation

(February 13, 2024, 2:36 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — A panel of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled in a “sprawling array of lawsuits” that all but three individual lead paint cases were properly dismissed by a lower court because most of the plaintiffs chose to proceed under a single complaint “which is now sunk after summary judgment.”...