FISHKIND REALTY v. SAMPSON

No. 146, September Term, 1984.

306 Md. 269 (1986)

508 A.2d 478

RONALD FISHKIND REALTY v. DENISE SAMPSON.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira C. Cooke and M. Albert Figinski (Stuart R. Berger & Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner & Smouse, P.A., on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

E. Clinton Bamberger, Jr., Baltimore (Christine Barilla appearing pursuant to Rule 18 of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Maryland), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH and McAULIFFE, JJ.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

The General Assembly has enacted different statutes which permit tenants to pay rent into escrow when lead paint hazards arise. The issue before us concerns which one of the statutes affords a remedy to Baltimore City tenants under the circumstances of this case.

I.

The case began when Denise Sampson filed a rent escrow action in the District Court of Maryland, sitting in Baltimore City, to compel her landlord, Ronald Fishkind Realty...

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