Richwind Joint Venture 4 v. Brunson

CHASANOW, Judge.

Before this Court are a number of related cases involving the tragic circumstances of children suffering from various injuries due to their consumption of lead-based paint. The petition for certiorari was granted in the instant case in order to address the following issues:

I. To what extent, if any, do the lead-based paint provisions of Baltimore City ordinances and Public Local Laws supersede the common law requirement that a landlord’s liability for negligence depends upon notice of a particular defect and a reasonable opportunity to correct it?

2. To what extent, if any,…