LEAD PAINT

Tenant Awarded $900,000 for Child's Lead Paint Exposure

March 19, 2015    

Tenant sued landlords after her child was found to have elevated blood lead levels. Landlords failed to appear in court, and the court ordered an inquest. Landlords also failed to appear at the inquest. In 2008, the...

Former Tenant Claims Damages from Lead Paint

December 22, 2014    

The adult child of former tenant, born in 1991, sued landlord for injuries she claimed she suffered from exposure to lead paint between 1991 and 1995 while she lived in an apartment owned by Albany landlord. Landlord...

Landlord Denies Knowledge of Lead Paint Condition

August 14, 2014    

Tenants sued landlord for negligence, claiming that their daughter was injured by lead-based paint ingested at the apartment. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a  trial. The court ruled...

Tenant Abandoned Claim Against Landlords by Failing to Seek Default Judgment

July 14, 2014    

Former tenant sued landlords in October 2011 for damages based on injuries she claimed resulted from exposure to lead-based paint in landlords' buildings. The court granted requests by two of the landlords to...

Landlord Had No Notice of Lead Paint Condition

July 14, 2014    

Tenant sued landlord, seeking damages for injuries he claimed resulted from exposure to lead paint in the apartment as a child between 1991 and 1997. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The...

Former Tenant Claims Injuries Based on Childhood Exposure to Lead Paint in Apartment

March 20, 2014    

Former tenant sued landlord, seeking damages for claimed injuries suffered as a result of exposure to lead paint as a child. Tenant asked the court to bar landlord from introducing certain evidence. The court ruled...

Former Tenants Claim They Were Injured as Children by Lead Paint

December 16, 2013    

Former tenants sued landlord, claiming that they were exposed to lead paint in landlord's buildings when they were children. Among other things, they claimed that the federal and state laws, regulations, and...

No Proof of Lead Paint Ingestion Presented

December 16, 2013    

Tenant sued landlord, claiming that her child was injured by exposure to lead paint in tenant's apartment. The court granted landlord's request to dismiss the case without a trial. Tenant appealed and lost....

Is Landlord Responsible for Tenant's Exposure to Lead Paint as a Child?

July 10, 2013    

Tenant sued landlord for negligence, claiming that he was injured as a child when exposed to lead paint in landlord's building. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. Tenant asked the court...

Was Landlord Responsible for Lead Paint Injuries?

June 11, 2013    

Former tenant sued upstate landlord in 2008 for injuries from exposure to lead-based paint on apartment walls while she was a child. In 1991, when tenant was 2 years old, blood tests showed a high level of lead. At...

Landlord Not Responsible for Lead Paint Exposure

June 10, 2013    

Tenant sued landlord for damages based on injuries she claimed she suffered as a result of exposure to lead paint as a child in her apartment. The court granted landlord's request to dismiss the case without a...