Case Name: LUIS MARTINEZ ET AL. v. NORMA Y. MATURANA ET AL.
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1998-04-29
Citations: 45 Conn. Supp. 334
Docket Number: File No. CV960473382S
Parties: LUIS MARTINEZ ET AL. v. NORMA Y. MATURANA ET AL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Supplement
Volume: 45
Pages: 334–335

Head Matter:
LUIS MARTINEZ ET AL. v. NORMA Y. MATURANA ET AL.
Superior Court Judicial District of Hartford-New Britain at New Britain
File No. CV960473382S
Memorandum filed April 29, 1998
Early, Ludwick & Sweeney, for the plaintiffs.
Kenny & Brimmer, for the named defendant.
Richard L. Zayas, for the defendant David Sierra et al.

Opinion:
LAGER, J.
This is a civil action brought on behalf of a minor child for personal injuries based on alleged exposure to lead-based paint. The named defendant, Norma Y. Maturana, has moved for summary judgment on the third and fourth counts of the plaintiffs' revised complaint dated October 15, 1996, which raise claims of absolute nuisance and abnormally dangerous activity respectively, on the ground that these counts fail to state a cause of action.
This court has previously ruled that the act of leasing premises alleged to contain lead-based paint, even to a family with children under the age of six, does not constitute a nuisance as a matter of law. Sanchez v. General Urban Corp., Superior Court, judicial district of New Haven, Docket No. CV950378774 (February 6, 1997) (19 Conn. L. Rptr. 97, 99-100) (Lager, J.); Wright v. Commerce Properties, Inc., Superior Court, judicial district of New Haven, Docket No. CV960386033 (July 14, 1997) (Lager, J.); Lovick v. Nigro, Superior Court, judicial district of Hartford-New Britain at Hartford, Docket No. CV940542473 (February 24, 1997) (Lager, J.); see also Martinez v. Maturana, Superior Court, judicial district of Hartford-New Britain at Hartford, Docket No. CV960473382 (March 17, 1997) (Lager, J.) (in which court struck twenty-fourth count of revised complaint in that case alleging absolute nuisance against defendant First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Rochester).
Likewise, this court has concluded, as a matter of law, that leasing premises that contain allegedly toxic levels of lead is not an abnormally dangerous activity. Sanchez v. General Urban Corp., supra, 19 Conn. L. Rptr. 102; Martinez v. Maturana, supra, Superior Court, Docket No. CV960473382; Lovick v. Nigro, supra, Superior Court, Docket No. CV940542473.
Accordingly, for the reasons detailed in the aforecited opinions, the named defendant's motion for summary judgment is granted as to the third and fourth counts of the plaintiffs' revised complaint against her.