Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

STEWART LEVITAS, ET AL. v. TAJAH JEFFERS, ET AL.

STEWART LEVITAS, ET AL. v. TAJAH JEFFERS, ET AL.

Listen to this article

Torts — Lead poisoning — Expert testimony

This is a lead-paint case brought by two plaintiffs who lived for part of their childhood in a house in West Baltimore. After a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City awarded them over five million dollars, the court reduced the award to conform to Maryland’s cap on non-economic damages, but denied a motion for remittitur as to economic damages.

Their landlord raises nine issues on appeal, all relating to asserted errors in legal and evidentiary rulings during trial.

Read the opinion here:

 

Networking Calendar

Submit an entry for the business calendar