ESTEVES v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY


266 A.D.2d 502 (1999)

698 N.Y.S.2d 724

DEBORA ESTEVES, an Infant, by Her Mother and Natural Guardian, MARGARITA ALGARIN, et al., Respondents-Appellants, v. NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, Appellant-Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided November 29, 1999.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Contrary to the defendant's contentions, the plaintiffs proved that the apartment in which the infant plaintiff lived, including the walls of her bedroom, had been painted with lead paint that was peeling, and that such paint was the proximate cause of the infant plaintiff's lead poisoning and the injuries she suffered. The plaintiffs' proof was neither insufficient as a matter of law nor against...

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