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Title X of the Housing and Community Development Act [ The Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992], with its obligations and responsibilities of landlords, may also benefit landlord defendants in lead poisoning cases.
First, compliance by landlords with the requirements of the Act may provide a partial defense against plaintiffs' claims in lawsuits.
Second, compliance by landlords may provide the basis for an affirmative defense against plaintiffs of " assumption of risk" by the plaintiffs when they rented or bought the premises after receiving the lead paint disclosure from the landlord. Thirdly, in jurisdictions which preclude negligence claims against the infant-plaintiff's parents, defendant landlords may be able to maintain a claim against the parents by arguing that they were reckless in renting or purchasing the premises despite the lead warning.
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