Asbestos & Lead Abatement Report: Seeing disaster, realty agents, lenders ask judge to restructure R.I. case. (Litigation).

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Seeing disaster, realty agents, lenders ask judge to restructure R.I. case. (Litigation).

Given how the Rhode Island case against former lead-paint manufacturers is being handled, sales and investments in real estate would "slow to a trickle" if the court finds homes with lead paint constitute a nuisance.

Because the case could "prove disastrous" for property owners, lenders and mortgage bankers, trade associations ...