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BENJAMIN L. KIRSON, et al. v. DEVON JOHNSON
BENJAMIN L. KIRSON, et al. v. DEVON JOHNSON
Listen to this articleTorts — Lead paint — Causation
Devon Johnson sued his former landlords, Benjamin L. Kirson, individually and as trustee of assets of BenLee Realty, LLC (collectively the “Landlords”), in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. He alleged that he had been poisoned by lead-based paint during the time he lived in a home that the Landlords owned and managed. At the close of Mr. Johnson’s case, the Landlords moved for judgment, and the trial court denied the motion. After a six-day trial, a jury returned a verdict in Mr. Johnson’s favor and awarded damages in the amount of $1,628,000.
The Landlords moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (“JNOV”) or, in the alternative, a new trial, and moved to reduce the amount of non-economic damages. The trial court denied their JNOV motion, but reduced the non-economic damages to $1,173,000.
