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LOUISVILLE METRO HOUSING AUTHORITY v. BURNS

No. 2004-CA-001489-MR.

198 S.W.3d 147 (2005)

LOUISVILLE METRO HOUSING AUTHORITY, Appellant, v. Julius BURNS, A Minor, by his Next Friend, Donna Burns, Mother, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Discretionary Review Denied by Supreme Court August 17, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. Gregory Haynes, Virginia Hamilton Snell, C. Tyson Gorman, Lisa C. DeJaco, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Louisville, KY, for Appellant.

Glenn A. Cohen, Paul J. Hershberg, Seiller Handmaker, LLC, Louisville, KY, for Appellee.

Before KNOPF and TACKETT, Judges; ROSENBLUM, Senior Judge.

OPINION

ROSENBLUM, Senior Judge.

The Louisville Metro Housing Authority appeals from a judgment based upon a jury verdict awarding appellee Julius Burns $500,000.00 in compensatory damages and $3,000,000.00 in punitive damages stemming from injuries he sustained through exposure to lead in and about the Authority's public housing complex in which he resided throughout his childhood. The Authority advances two arguments for reversal: 1) that the trial...

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