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BARNES v. METROPOLITAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

425 Mass. 79 (1997)

SHANENA BARNES & another v. METROPOLITAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark P. Sutliff, Assistant Attorney General (Alice G. Winn, Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the defendant.

Martin Kantrovitz (Tammi Tuve with him) for the plaintiffs. Martin J. Rooney for the Medford Housing Authority & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, FRIED, & MARSHALL, JJ.

FRIED, J.

The plaintiffs, tenants in a federally subsidized rental assistance program, commenced an action against the Metropolitan Housing Assistance Program (METHAP), the State agency administering the program, for breach of its obligations to inspect for and provide safe housing. The plaintiffs allege that this breach led to lead poisoning of the minor plaintiff because of lead-based paint ingestion at the leased premises. A judge in the Boston Division of the...

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