Well, they'll have a knock down, drag out preemption fight on their hands - but that's the subject for another post - if and when the day comes.What we're going to discuss now is the secret weapon in municipal tort litigation where, as in the nuisance cases, the government is suing in a quasi-parens patriae posture - that is, where it's suing over response costs created by purported injuries to its citizens rather than for damage to government property or… [read post]