Rowhouses, Inc. v. Smith

In this case, we are asked yet again to address causation in a lead-based paint case where a plaintiffs case rests on circumstantial — as opposed to direct — evidence, and, in this context, we are called upon to attempt to define what consti tutes a reasonable probable source of lead exposure. Specifically, here, we decide whether, in the absence of direct evidence that a property contained lead-based paint, there was sufficient admissible circumstantial evidence produced by a plaintiff, who alleged that she was injured as a child by lead-based paint at a property that the defendant owned and…