As we remember from the Rhode Island lead paint trial II, it was a city in Australia which enacted one of the first if not the first regulation on the use of lead paint where children were. Now, Australia is the setting for a lawsuit by a family against a mining company et al. The allegation is that these defendants are liable for the family's lead injuries.
James Cordrey reports in the December edition of MEALEY'S LEAD REPORT, that in "Sidney William Brody v. Mt. Isa Mines Ltd., et al." the Brody family contends the "mining operation is liable for its lead poisoning and was aware since 1990 that it was contributing to lead exposure in the town of Mount Isa." The specific charge is the creation of lead dust which became airborne and caused injury. This occurred, the plaintiff claims, "by the indiscriminate removal of soil contaminated with lead and other toxins that was then used as top dressing in yards and other places."
Will this allegation open Pandora's Box to similar lawsuits in the region?
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This blog thanks MEALEY'S EDITOR James Cordrey for this reporting about global lead matters.
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