Baltimore City Lead Paint Verdict
The Baltimore Sun reports on a $4 million verdict awarded to two siblings in a Baltimore City lead paint case. Regrettably, the damage award will be reduced to $350,000, which was the cap on noneconomic damages at the time of the injury. Bruce Powell, a real nice guy I used to deal with back when I was defending lead paint cases (which seems like a lifetime ago) told the Baltimore Sun that he would challenge the state's cap on noneconomic damages. "You have a right to a jury trial, and you have a right to what the jury awards you," Powell told the paper. "The jury thought that they were compensating these people in a way that was fair, and that's not the case."
I wish Bruce all of the luck in the world and I agree with every word he said. But he has zero chances of overturning the cap.
