Company: Lead Injury Case Should Be Dismissed; Plaintiff Did Not Mitigate Damages

MILWAUKEE - American Cyanamid Co., which is one of the companies being sued by plaintiffs who contend that they are liable for lead-paint poisoning, on Nov. 3 filed a brief in Wisconsin federal court responding to one of the plaintiffs' statement of facts and arguing that the claims "are barred in whole or in part due to a failure to mitigate his damages" (Glenn Burton v. American Cyanamid, et al., No. 07-0303, E.D. Wis.).
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