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Sherwin-Williams In Trouble Over Century- old Ads For Lead Paint
When companies get in trouble over their adver- tisements, it usu- ally happens quickly. In the case of Sherwin- Williams Co., it took more than a century.
The paint maker is fighting a California court ruling that ordered it and two other compa- nies to collective- ly pay hundreds of millions of dol- lars in damages for promoting lead paint over several decades, when they allegedly knew or should have known it was hazardous. The
litigation has highlighted Sherwin-Williams ads dating back to 1904.
Sherwin- Williams SHW, + 0.97% and its co-defendants in July petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case, arguing that they were unaware of the health risks of lead before it became accept- ed science and are being improperly pun- ished for truthful advertising about a product that was legal at the time. The federal government
banned the use of lead paint in homes in 1978.
Companies already put their advertisements through a range of stress tests to ensure legal and regulatory com- pliance, adding careful wording and disclosures. But some adver- tising executives say the Sherwin- Williams ruling, if upheld, would raise the stakes, forcing marketers to consider whether advertis- ing a product may open them to liability many years down the road.
Grocery Store Employee Admits To Eating $9,200 Worth of Deli Meat, Charged With Felony
By Falycia Campbell, WSYX/WTTE
Bolivar, Ohio (WSYX/WTTE) - A grocery store employee with a hankering for lunch meat is fac- ing felony theft charges after she was accused of eating $9,200 worth of deli meat from a Giant Eagle store in Ohio.
The Canton Repository said the loss preven- tion manager received a tip that the employ- ee had been nib- bling on the meat at the deli, eating three to five slices of ham every day over a course of eight years. She also ate salami.
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County Sheriff's Deputy Brian Hale said the woman admitted to the theft on Friday.
Hale told the Canton Repository that the loss preven- tion manager cal- culated that the ham that was eaten was worth about $9,200.