ELLIS & JOHNSON v. HABC

Nos. 16, 17, September Term, 2013.

82 A.3d 161 (2013)

436 Md. 331

Brittany ELLIS v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BALTIMORE CITY. Tyairra Johnson v. Housing Authority of Baltimore City.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied January 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saul E. Kerpelman ( Suzanne C. Shapiro , Saul E. Kerpelman & Associates, P.A., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for appellant in No. 16, Sept. Term, 2013.

Suzanne C. Shapiro (Saul E. Kerpelman & Associates, P.A., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for appellant in No. 17, Sept. Term, 2013.

Frank J. Mastro and J. Marks Moore, III (Semmes Bowen & Semmes, P.C., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for appellee.

Barbara Wachter Needle , James T. Massey , Reno & Cavanaugh, PLLC, Washington, DC, brief of Amici Curiae, the Maryland Association of Housing and Redevelopment Agencies and Member Housing Authorities, on behalf of appellee Housing Authority of Baltimore City.

Argued before: BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD and WATTS, JJ.


WATTS, J.

This opinion consolidates two cases in which Brittany Ellis ("Ellis") and Tyairra Johnson ("Johnson") (together, "Appellants"), separately sued the Housing Authority for Baltimore City ("HABC"), Appellee, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City ("the circuit court") for negligence and violations of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act arising out of Appellants' alleged exposure to lead paint in properties that HABC owned and operated.

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