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Seventh Circuit Confronts Wisconsin's Risk-Contribution Theory

Friday, May 7, 2021
The back-and-forth between Wisconsin’s legislature and its supreme court created a unique six-year window from 2005-2011 when plaintiffs could sue manufacturers of white lead carbonate, a substance formerly used in some paints, under a tort theory called “risk-contribution.” This theory allows a plaintiff who can identify the product he asserts caused his injury but not its specific manufacturer (due to the passage of time or other factors) to sue all the defendants that could have manufactured that product during the relevant time period and apportion liability among them.
Around 170 lawsuits were filed on this theory, and three went to trial in 2019 as bellwethers before U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman in federal court in Milwaukee, resulting in a $6 million judgment against three defendants. Last month, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that judgment, in a decision written by Judge Amy St. Eve and joined by Judges D ....

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Seventh Circuit Confronts Wisconsin's "Risk-Contribution" Theory in Reversing $6 Million Lead Paint Verdict | Foley & Lardner LLP

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plaintiffs suing manufacturers of white lead carbonate. At various times, the defendants in
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and paint that contained white lead carbonate manufactured by others.
Id. 10. The District Court allowed the plaintiffs to hold the defendants liable on a “risk-contribution” theory either way which was a big deal, because it significantly expanded the period of time during which the defendants faced liability.
Id. 11-12. The Seventh Circuit rejected this expansion of
Thomas, finding that “the Wisconsin Supreme Court has expressly limited the risk-contribution theory to manufacturers of white lead carbonate,” not manufacturers of paint containing white lead carbonate. ....

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