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If your child was clearly damaged by lead poisoning from exposure to lead in poorly maintained rental property (or in any situation caused by a specific person outside your family), you may be able to bring a lawsuit for personal injury. Whether your case will be taken on by an attorney will depend largely on how likely it is to succeed. This is determined by how clear the damage and the exposure are, as well as the specific laws in your state and how courts have decided similar cases.
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This chapter is based on: Neil Leifer, Thornton, Early & Naumes, Boston, personal interview, 19 April 1996; Burton A. Nadler, Petrucelley and Nadler, personal interview, 21 May 1996; Benjamin Hiller, Moquin and Daley, personal interview, 30 May 1996; Harvey Weitz, presentation, Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) 1996 Annual Convention, Boston; Sonja Larson, J.D., “Landlord’s Liability for Injury or Death of Tenant’s Child from Lead Paint Poisoning,” American Law Reports 5th 19: 405–438.
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Kessel, I., O’Connor, J.T. (1997). Suing for Personal Injury. In: Getting the Lead Out. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6116-7_18
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