In a case with national implications for the paint industry, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court jury agreed that a young man ingested lead paint, but that the paint was not to blame for his mental retardation. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that defense lawyers successfully disputed that the plantiff had been brain-damaged by the paint, despite elevated levels of lead in his bloodstream and an IQ of 70. Instead, the defense pointed to other issues that impacted the plaintiff's health, including squalid living conditions and losing two sisters to drive-by shootings. Similar cases are currently pending nationwide, according to the paper.