LEAD PAINT

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...

Landlord's Ex-Wife Not Responsible for Lead Paint Condition

May 13, 2013    

Tenant sued landlord husband and his wife, who was a former co-owner of the building, claiming that her child was injured by lead paint in the apartment. The court dismissed the case against the wife, finding that...

Was Former Tenant's Son Injured by Lead Paint?

April 15, 2013    

Plaintiff, the son of a former tenant, sued landlord for damages arising from his exposure to lead paint as a child. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The court ruled for landlord....

Did Landlord Have Notice of Lead Paint Condition?

January 13, 2013    

Tenant sued landlord based on injuries to her child from lead-based paint in her apartment. They had lived in the apartment until the child was 2 years old. Tenant asked the court to find landlord liable without...

Landlord Not Responsible for Lead Paint Injuries

January 11, 2013    

Tenant sued landlord on behalf of her children, claiming that they were injured by lead-based paint in their apartment. Landlord asked the court to dismiss the case without a trial. The court ruled against landlord,...