LEAD PAINT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LANDLORDS : NEW BOOK BY BALTIMORE LEAD DEFENSE ATTORNEY CHARLES WARE

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The following information is extracted from premier, Maryland-based. nationally respected landlord lead poisoning defense attorney and best-selling author of 5 books, Charles Jerome Ware's new book.
For answers to your questions and for an initial courtesy consultation, contact defense attorney and noted author Charles Ware at his national law firm based in Maryland : Charles Jerome Ware, LLC, (410) 720-6129. He can help you when you are being sued in a lead paint poisoning case.


Defense attorney Charles Ware's new book is titled  Defending Lead Paint Poisoning Cases : "Blurred Plumbism".


             Lead Defense Attorney Charles Ware's Preliminary Recommendations
                                          for Baltimore Landlords  (An extract)


In an effort to reduce potential lead paint poisoning claims and to help in the landlord's defense of these claims, I recommend that landlords adopt the following strategies, inter alia:


(1) Always  engage in (a) Maintenance of the property, (b) Notice to tenants, and (c) Documentation of everything related to the rental property.
(2) Prior to renting the residential unit to a new tenant, require the prospective tenant to disclose the names and ages of all persons who will reside in the residential unit.
(3) Inspect the unit with the prospective tenant and require the tenant to sign an inspection sheet confirming that each room on the premises is free of peeling, flaking, chipped , dust or other defective paint conditions.
(4) Conduct periodic inspections of each residential unit and follow the same procedure with respect to the maintenance of inspection sheets signed by tenants.
(5) Treat all complaints of defective paint (peeling, chipping, dust, etc,) conditions as emergencies requiring immediate attention.
(6) Hire Maryland-certified and licensed, insured contractors with experience in the field of  lead paint to perform any lead paint abatement work.
(7) Maintain copious notes on the maintenance of the rental unit.
(8) If denied access to a residential unit to perform an inspection or maintenance work, document the tenant's denial within the tenant's folder and follow-up with a letter to the tenant confirming their failure to allow access to the unit.
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