Split Maryland High Court: Researcher Owed Duty To Girl Poisoned In Lead Study

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A divided Maryland Court of Appeals on Aug. 13 ruled 4-3 that the Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) owed a duty of care to a woman who was poisoned by lead-based paint while she was a child living in a premises that was used for a lead-poisoning research program run by KKI (Kennedy Krieger Institute v. Ashley Partlow, No. 82, Sept. Term 2017, Md. App.).
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