BASIC LEAD PAINT DEFENSE: Baltimore Attorney Charles Ware

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Premier civil and criminal defense attorney Charles Jerome Ware is Maryland-based, nationally-known and respected, and he is ranked by his many satisfied landlord clients as well as his legal peers as one of the most successful lead paint poisoning defense attorneys in the United States. For an initial courtesy consultation, contact Attorney Charles Ware at (410) 720-6129. He can help you when you are being sued for lead paint poisoning.


Child lead poisoning is considered to be among the most serious urban public health problems in the United States. It is particularly focused upon in major urban cities such as Baltimore, New York, etc. where there is an abundance of pre-1978 built housing that contains legacy (old) lead-based paint. Children under the age of 6 years are particularly vulnerable to the ill effects of ingesting and inhaling lead in any form.


Lead is a ubiquitous heavy earth element (Atomic Number 82) that does not dissolve in water, does not dissipate, nor decay, nor burn.  This stuff just lasts, and lasts, and lasts. Over the more than 6,000 years (since about 4,000 BC) that lead has been used by humankind, it is guesstimated that more than 10 million metric tons of it exists currently in the earth's environment. Lead (Pb) is literally everywhere in the so-called "civilized" world, including in the air we breathe as well as the water we drink.


For the most part in urban areas such as metropolitan Baltimore, Washington,DC, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, etc., the brunt of lead poisoning claims and lawsuits are heaped upon residential landlords whose rental properties (apartments and houses) were constructed prior to 1978. These properties, by and large, were the recipients of lead-based paint during their initial construction. To be sure, "uninterrupted" lead paint is not considered harmful to the human body. It is when lead paint is "interrupted" (i.e., chipped, peeled, cracked, in dust form, etc.)--- and inhaled and/or ingested by the body in sufficient quantities --- that can be harmful to the body.


Landlords must be aware of the many Federal, state, and local laws, statutes, rules, and protocols that exist  in every jurisdiction in an effort to stem the tide of, and protect the public from, lead poisoning ("plumbism"). In the meantime, remember my three (3) keys for avoiding and winning lead paint poisoning lawsuits : (1) MAINTENANCE of the residential rental property; (2) NOTICE to the tenants in the rental property; and (3) DOCUMENTATION/RECORD-KEEPING on the rental property as well as the tenants.