Dixson Ex Rel. Nikolay v. Wisconsin Health Organization Insurance

¶ 1. This case raises the question of whether Milwaukee County, by virtue of its federally-mandated duty to inspect a rent assistance property, had a duty to test the property for the presence of lead-based paint. Two-year-old Jacqueline Dixson and her mother, Kathryn, sued their landlord, Becky Mae Carson, for injuries Jacqueline suffered as a result of ingesting lead-based paint, allegedly in the duplex they rented from Carson. Shortly before Jacqueline's diagnosis, and pursuant to federal regulations, the apartment had been inspected by Mil*152waukee County's Rent Assistance Program, which…