Lead paint cases reinstated by Court of Appeals

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: April 22, 2013
Tags: Baltimore, baltimore city circuit court, Law, lawsuit, lead paint, legal news, maryland

The Court of Appeals has reinstated two lead-paint lawsuits in Baltimore, citing a month-old opinion that said the source of lead paint exposure can be established through circumstantial evidence – that is, without expert testimony.

Lead-paint plaintiff can prove source of exposure by circumstantial evidence

BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: March 24, 2013
Tags: baltimore city circuit court, brain damage, Cherie Ross, Court of Appeals, HABC, housing authority of baltimore city, judge, Judge Robert N. McDonald, Law, lead paint, legal news, testimony, trial

The source of lead paint exposure can be established through circumstantial evidence, without expert testimony, the Court of Appeals held Friday.

Lead-paint suit to be retried on damages

BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: December 10, 2012
Tags: baltimore city circuit court, Chase Management Inc., Jacob Dackman & Sons Partnership, Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl, lead paint, legal news

The plaintiffs in a lead-paint case will get a retrial after a jury last month found their former landlord negligent but did not award damages. The Baltimore City Circuit Court jury made the decision Nov. 5 after a six-day trial. The case was brought by Tiffany P. Hope and Christopher Hearn against property managers Jacob [...]

Lead-paint jury finds fault, but no damages

BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: November 12, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, baltimore city circuit court, lead paint, maryland, verdict

In an unusual decision, a Baltimore jury found a landlord negligent in a lead-paint case, but declined to award any damages to the plaintiffs.

Bereano fined $13K for lead paint violation

BY: Alexander Pyles
POSTED: September 28, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, Bowie, bruce c. bereano, Dimensions Health Corp., General Assembly, lead paint, maryland department of the environment, Maryland Jockey Club, Robert M. Summers, Southern Maryland Agricultural Association, Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.

A high-priced General Assembly lobbyist is being fined by the Maryland Department of the Environment for owning two Annapolis rowhomes the state says contain lead paint.

HABC gets former insurer to pay part of lead-paint verdict

BY: Ben Mook
POSTED: August 6, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, baltimore city circuit court, HABC, housing authority of baltimore city, lead paint, Markeath Justice, maryland, plaintiff, Settlement, verdict

Brian S. Brown and Saul E. Kerpelman represent Markeath Justice, who won a $5.7 million lead-paint verdict in 2008. The city has obtained funds from a liquidated insurer to pay $3.6 million.

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City has paid $3.67 million toward a lead-paint verdict after recovering money from a liquidated insurance company.

Baltimore landlord sentenced for lead-paint violations

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: June 7, 2012
Tags: cephus r. murrell, children, compliance orders, health, lead paint, Prison, regulations, u..s district court, u.s. attorney rod j. rosenstein, violations, violatios

A landlord who manages about 175 rental units throughout Baltimore has been sentenced to a year in prison for lead-paint violations. Federal officials say 69-year-old Cephus R. Murrell of Catonsville was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in prison. A landlord since 1974, authorities say Murrell and his company had been issued more [...]

New lead-paint verdict adds to HABC’s tab

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: May 6, 2012
Tags: baltimore city circuit court, centers for disease control and prevention, Flag House Projects, housing authority of baltimore city, lead paint, verdict

A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury last week awarded nearly $1.3 million to a 17-year-old girl for brain damage caused by lead-based paint in the city-owned home where she lived from birth until age 2. The award to Amafica Woodland is expected to be reduced to $690,000 due to Maryland’s statutory cap on non-economic damages, [...]

Kerpelman firm loses bid to keep judge off its cases

BY: Ben Mook
POSTED: April 29, 2012
Tags: baltimore city circuit court, Brian S. Brown and Saul E. Kerpelman & Assoc. P.A., court of special appeals, lead paint, litigation, maryland, Maryland Code of Judicial Conduct, Saul E. Kerpelman

The Court of Special Appeals has rejected a law firm’s effort to force a Baltimore judge to recuse herself from all lead paint litigation in which it has clients. The motion was filed in Baltimore City Circuit Court in February 2011 by Saul E. Kerpelman, Brian S. Brown and Saul E. Kerpelman & Assoc. P.A. [...]

Realities of Real Estate: Ruling on lead paint law rocks the rental market

BY: Bob and Donna McWilliams
POSTED: January 20, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, Court of Appeals, General Assembly, housing, lead paint, market, maryland, maryland department of the environment, poisoning, Real Estate, realities of real estate, ruling, verdict

When anyone purchases or rents a place to live; above all, they want it to be safe. Our home is our refuge, and it’s important to be aware of anything that could challenge our security or sense of well-being. Those challenges can come in many forms. The presence of high crime might be the first [...]