Kennedy Krieger Inst., Inc. v. Partlow

This case concerns the important question of whether a duty of care extends from a medical research institute to a child, who was not a participant in a research study that sought to investigate the effectiveness of lead-based paint abatement measures, 1 but who the medical research institute knew resided in a property subject to the research study along with a family member participating in the study, and who was allegedly injured by exposure to lead. If the answer to this question is "yes," then a child who was not a participant in the research study but who the medical research institute…