This case involves the liability of the defendant landlord for damages allegedly sustained by a two-year-old child as a result of ingesting lead paint chips. In May or June of 1990, Margarita Castillo and her two sons, Manuel Rivas, age five, and Emmanuel Rivas, age two, moved into the four-bedroom apartment leased to and occupied by her father-in-law, Jose Rivas, to whom she paid rent. Almost immediately, Castillo noticed that Emmanuel was eating flaking paint chips that...
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