New York Lead Paint Poisoning

Bringing a Lead Paint Lawsuit for Your Child

Lead paint has been banned from New York for more than 40 years. But many landlords still haven't removed this poison from the apartments they rent to families. Every day, children throughout the city are diagnosed with lead paint poisoning.

Children who have been exposed to lead are at risk for learning disabilities, behavioral problems, and kidney failure. At very high levels, lead can cause seizures, coma, and even death. Parents often discover that their child has high lead levels when doctors do blood tests at yearly checkups.

Representing victims of lead paint poisoning as plaintiffs in personal injury cases is one of the most successful areas of Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman's law practice. Our lead paint poisoning expert, Dennis Bellovin, has won many verdicts and settlements exceeding $1 million. This money is critical to parents who must pay the high cost of treating sick children.

When Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman takes on a lead paint case, representing you as the plaintiff, the firm takes immediate steps to make sure the paint is removed from a client's apartment. There's no reason a child should suffer more harm while awaiting financial compensation.

Here are some of our verdicts and settlements for lead paint poisoning:

• Settled a case for $1,000,000 in Bronx County involving a child who was four years old when he was diagnosed with a very high lead level that required him to be hospitalized. He had previously been diagnosed as autistic and was attending a special school when he was diagnosed. Lead paint violations were issued for both the apartment where he was living and the school he was attending. Both the school and the building owner contributed to the settlement.
• A Kings County case on behalf of 4 siblings was settled for $1,400,000. All of the children had some form of academic problems although the 2 oldest siblings, who were twins, had these problems well before the lead poisoning occurred in the defendant's building.
• An action involving twin boys was settled in New York County for the sum of $940,000. One of the boys had a very high lead level and the other a relatively low level. However, both of them were experiencing significant academic and language delays.
• $2.5 million dollars. A pre-school child was hospitalized for medical treatment for her lead related illness. Her parents, from the Dominican Republic, had moved into a Bronx apartment where lead paint was found after coming from the Dominican Republic. She is attending a special school for children with learning disabilities.
• A jury awarded $1.36 million to a 5-year-old girl who suffered severe learning disabilities because of lead exposure. The child had eaten paint chips containing lead, and was found to have an elevated blood lead level of 31.
• $1 million dollars. A pre-school boy in the Bronx was awarded a settlement against both the owner of the building where he was living, and the building where he sometimes stayed with his grandmother. He developed problems with language and attention.
• $900,000. A 9-year-old boy with severe learning disabilities obtained a settlement after being hospitalized at age 1 because of lead paint poisoning.
• $725,000. A one year old girl living in her uncleís apartment in Manhattan, was diagnosed with an elevated blood lead level of 22. The owner of the building was twice issued violations for the presence of lead paint in the apartment. The child received speech therapy in kindergarten.
• $700,000. Settlement on behalf of a boy in the Bronx who was two years old when diagnosed with an elevated blood lead level. He is now in first grade, and doing well academically, but he has had behavioral issues and problems in school.

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Although prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome, the dedication and experience of our attorneys have produced an enviable record of verdicts, jury awards and pretrial settlements that amount to more than One Billion ($1,000,000,000.00) dollars.)

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