By Antonio D. French
Filed Friday, January 20 at 1:32 PM
The City of St. Louis' lawsuit against seven manufacturers of lead paint is dead (for now). This week the judge in the nearly six year-old case issued a summary judgement for the paint companies.
In his 42-page ruling issued Wednesday, Judge Steven R. Ohmer said that the City failed to meet the burden of proving certain necessary facts. He wrote, "some significant level of proof of location-specific product identification is a necessary element of the City's claim. Since there is no genuine dispute of fact that the City cannot meet the burden of establishing that element, Defendents are entitled to summary judgement."
But it's not completely over. The City could appeal the case to the Missouri Supreme Court.
Click here to download a PDF of the 42-page ruling (approx. 1.8 MB).
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