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To: mistermj who wrote (244614)	4/5/2008 1:39:04 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) of 793881

Thomas v. Mallet, which created a guilty-until-proven-innocent approach to product liability. Wisconsin became the only state to adopt a "collective liability" theory in lead paint cases: Whether a company actually produced the lead paint that harmed a claimant was irrelevant to its guilt or innocence That's not so unusual and many or most states have strict liability for some products liability. It often covers all companies in the chain of distribution. I don't know the particulars, so I have no idea how egregious this was.

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