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    • Mary Alexander

    | Jul. 16, 2015
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    Jul. 16, 2015

    Mary Alexander

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    Mary Alexander & Associates | San Francisco | Personal injury, products liability and elder abuse -->

    Alexander stood among several lawyers who tried a landmark lawsuit against lead paint makers.

    Filed in 2000, the plaintiff cities and counties accused several of the nation's lead paint makers and the companies that acquired them of harming children who ate flakes of the material as it peeled and chipped off the walls and surfaces of aging homes.

    Plaintiffs made similar claims in other states for decades, but failed. In January 2014, Alexander, alongside Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP and the assistant county counsel for Santa Clara County received a $1.15 billion bench verdict in favor of their clients.

    The case is on appeal. People of the State of California et al. v. Atlantic Richfield Co. et al., 788657 (Santa Clara Co. Super. Ct., filed March 23, 2000).

    Alexander said she brought her education in toxicology, public health, and environment to case. At trial, she interviewed a medical expert about the effects of ingesting lead paint.

    "Because of my background, I knew about lead paint and how difficult it was to clean up," she said.

    - SAUL SUGARMAN