Lead Poisoned Family Reaches Two Million and Fifty Thousand Dollar Settlement of...

Lead Poisoned Family Reaches Two Million and Fifty Thousand Dollar Settlement
of Lawsuit

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Michael Stewart Frankel Law Firm in
New York City, recently settled a protracted lead poisoning litigation for the
sum of Two Million and Fifty Thousand Dollars against the New York City
Housing Authority. The suit entitled Wendy Robles, and her four minor
children, vs. The New York City Housing Authority, et al. alleged that the
plaintiffs were lead poisoned in a housing project owned by the New York City
Housing Authority.
Lead is a highly toxic heavy metal that can cause severe adverse health
effects including pediatric brain injury, learning disabilities, attention
deficit disorder and in very severe cases, seizures and death.
The Michael Stewart Frankel Law Firm has successfully represented many
families in lead poisoning cases over a period of decades and has been the
attorney of record on precedent setting and reported cases in lead poisoning
litigation including Juarez v. Wavecrest Mgt. Team, Ltd., 212 A.D.2d 38 (1st
Dept.1995), rev'd 88 N.Y.2d 628 (1996); Cortes v. Riverbridge Realty Co., 227
A.D.2d 430 (2d Dept.1996); Public Service Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ayfas Realty
Corp., 234 A.D.2d 226 (1st Dept.1996), lv. dism 90 N.Y.2d 844 (1997); Nwaru v.
Leeds Mgt. Co., 236 A.D.2d 252 (1st Dept.1997) Calderone v. Levites Realty
Mgt. Corp., 246 A.D.2d 458 (1st Dept.1998); Pena v. Classic Realty Mgt. Corp.,
247 A.D.2d 215 (1st Dept.1998); Kelly v. New York City Housing Auth., 248
A.D.2d 594 (2d Dept.1998); Lopez v. No Kit Realty Corp., 254 A.D.2d 155 (1st
Dept.1998) Cartegena v. Tang, 260 AD2d 337 (2d Dept 1999); Vargas v. Menorah
Realty Corp., 274 AD2d 428 (1st Dept 2000); Tejeda v. 116 West Corp., 293 AD2d
261 (1st Dept 2002); Zaman v Patwary, 295 AD2d 424 (2d Dept 2002); Munoz v.
Puretz, 301 AD2d 382 (1st Dept 2003); Perez v. New York City Housing
Authority, 304 AD2d 736 (2d Dept 2003); Bligen v. Markland Estates, Inc., 6
AD3d 371 (2d Dept 2004).
The Michael Stewart Frankel Law Firm (mfrankel@frankellawfirm.com)
practices primarily in the areas of lead poisoning, products liability
litigation and appellate practice and is located at 275 Madison Avenue, in New
York City. The Firm was founded in 1978, by Michael Stewart Frankel and has
recovered multimillion dollars in damages in lead poisoning cases.
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