Panel: Research Group Not Liable For Lead Injuries, Owed No Duty To Relatives

(June 25, 2018, 2:30 PM EDT) -- ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A panel of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals on June 22 affirmed a lower court ruling and held that the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s (KKI) medical expert in a lead-paint poisoning trial was properly admitted and that KKI was not liable for a tenant’s injuries.  Furthermore, the panel said KKI owed no duty to the tenant’s relatives who were not enrolled in a lead-paint remediation study (James Ervin, et al. v. Kennedy Krieger Institute Inc., et al., No. 2401, Sept. Term 2016, 2018 Md. App. LEXIS 615)....

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