Eric Tucker

November 16, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW LONDON, Conn. AP - After drug giant Pfizer Inc. announced that it was opening a new research center here, city officials aggressively moved to acquire surrounding land for an economic development project - triggering an epic fight over eminent domain that reached the U.S. Supreme Court and ended with residents being forced from their homes.

By ERIC TUCKER

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September 18, 2007 | National Law Journal

Three former lead paint manufacturers who lost a landmark lawsuit in Rhode Island would have to pay an estimated $2.4 billion to clean up hundreds of thousands of homes contaminated with lead under a state proposal released Friday. The plan would involve 10,000 workers and is projected to take four years. Rhode Island, which claimed the industry created a public nuisance, was the first state to sue, and its victory last year was the first time anyone had successfully sued former lead paint manufacturers.

By Eric Tucker

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November 17, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW LONDON, Conn. AP - After drug giant Pfizer Inc. announced that it was opening a new research center here, city officials aggressively moved to acquire surrounding land for an economic development project - triggering an epic fight over eminent domain that reached the U.S. Supreme Court and ended with residents being forced from their homes.

By ERIC TUCKER

5 minute read

August 19, 2008 | Daily Report Online

PROVIDENCE, R.I. AP - The state of Rhode Island and the town of West Warwick have each agreed to pay $10 million to those left behind after a nightclub fire that killed 100 people, according to court documents filed Monday.The state and the town are the last major defendants to agree to settlement offers, now totaling nearly $175 million, after the fire on Feb.

By ERIC TUCKER

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February 26, 2007 | Daily Report Online

PROVIDENCE, R.I. AP - A judge on Monday ordered three former lead paint manufacturers to clean up contamination in Rhode Island and said he would appoint a special master to advise him on exactly what the companies should be required to do. Lawyers and financial analysts have said the cleanup could cost more than $1 billion.

By Eric Tucker

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December 28, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By ERIC TUCKER

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September 14, 2007 | Daily Report Online

PROVIDENCE, R.I. AP _ Three former lead paint manufacturers who lost a landmark lawsuit in Rhode Island would have to pay an estimated $2.4 billion to clean up hundreds of thousands of homes contaminated with lead under a state proposal released Friday.The cleanup plan provides the most detailed roadmap to date for the mammoth undertaking of ridding Rhode Island homes of lead paint contamination.

By Eric Tucker

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August 21, 2007 | National Law Journal

In a whirlwind week last month, Ralph Papitto, the former chairman of the Roger Williams University board, admitted using the N-word at a board meeting in May, then volunteered to have his name taken off the law school — the only one in Rhode Island. The dust-up arrived at a delicate time for the university and especially for the young law school, which lacks the prestige of top-tier institutions but has aggressively sought skilled students from outside the area and diversity in professors.

By Eric Tucker

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January 08, 2010 | Law.com

A federal judge overseeing lawsuits stemming from a Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 people endorsed a $176 million settlement Thursday, bringing survivors and victims' relatives closer to receiving money and moving years of legal wrangling toward a final resolution. Judge Ronald Lagueux also authorized the creation of a trust fund to hold the settlement money for the more than 300 people affected by the 2003 fire at The Station nightclub. Separate criminal charges from the fire were resolved in 2006.

By Eric Tucker

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December 18, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

The mother of a Providence, R.I., high school senior who posed in chain mail with a medieval sword for his yearbook picture sued after the school rejected the photo because of its zero tolerance policy against weapons.

By Eric Tucker The Associated Press

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