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Charles Jerome Ware, Attorneys & Counselors, LLC, is a premier Maryland-based, highly-regarded and well-respected national landlord lead-paint DEFENSE law firm. The firm has successfully represented numerous landlords and/or land owners in Baltimore lead-paint litigation matters.
For an initial courtesy consultation, contact us at charlesjeromeware@msn.com, (4100 730-5016 or (410) 720-6129.
There is minimal doubt among the knowledgeable that Baltimore, Maryland and the Eastern Shore of Maryland have lead paint poisoning problems. The lead problem essentially originates from an abundance of older ( pre-1978) housing units. However, the mere fact that a landlord rents housing units built before 1978 does not automatically mean that the landlord is guilty of lead poisoning his or her tenants or visitors to the property. This fact is a starting point in our legal defense for our landlord lead-paint poisoning cases.
Maryland landlords --- and particularly, Baltimore, Maryland landlords --- must be aware of Maryland's Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing Law, which requires owners of rental properties built before 1950 to (1) register their housing units with the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), (2) distribute specific educational materials on lead issues, (3) and meet specific lead paint risk reduction standards at certain triggering events. < see more in our blogs>
Proper Maintenance of the housing unit and Notice to the Tenants are also very important :
In 1994, the Maryland Court of Appeals addressed these two issues concerning lead paint litigation.
In the case of Richwind Joint Ventures v. Brunson, 645 A.D.2d 1147 (1994), the Court ruled that a landlord's negligence for lead-paint poisoning of a tenant depended on "notice" of a particular defect and a " reasonable opportunity " to correct it. In Richwind, a landlord failed to disclose the lead risk to the tenant and failed to remove the hazard properly, even though it had a "reasonable opportunity" to do so. < see more in our blogs>
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