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Litigation

Jun. 12, 2015

Judge appears poised to toss suit over state safety standards for lead in tentative ruling

An Alameda County Superior Court Judge appears poised to throw out a lawsuit that seeks to abolish a state safety standard for lead in consumer products, according to a tentative ruling issued Wednesday.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer

An Alameda County Superior Court Judge appears poised to throw out a lawsuit that seeks to abolish a state safety standard for lead in consumer products, according to a tentative ruling issued Wednesday.


Judge Wynne S. Carvill rejected arguments by the Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation that had sued the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment earlier this year cl...

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