Opinion ID: 1965114
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Heading: Hall's Deposition

Text: At her deposition taken on February 27, 1997, Hall's answers concerning how long she and Terran resided with Porter at the subject premises, and how often she visited there with Terran, were vague, confused, and inconsistent. [2] In brief, Hall testified that she and Terran lived at the subject premises for the following periods, defined by different measures of time, and presented here in the order of her testimony: [a]bout a month; [a]bout two weeks. Two months I mean; [f]or about two months; for a time in the fall, probably; for a time beginning when her son was two ... [o]r getting ready to turn two. It was somewhere around that area; for a time ending close to a holiday because I had to buy [Terran] an outfit.... It might have been Easter or the Fourth of July. I'm trying to think. Because it was spring when I was around there. Easter is in the spring, right? Right; for a time beginning before [Terran's] birthday [in December 1992]; for a time comprising January, February [1993], because it wasn't too bad outside; [a]bout two months; about two months, because I know how many times I gave [Porter] some money for rent money. Finally, in response to the question whether two months is the maximum that you lived with [Porter], Hall answered, Right, yes. [T]wo months is Hall's predominant and, arguably, final answer. One also can infer from this testimony, however, that she resided at the subject premises from December 1992, when her son turned two years old, until Easter 1993, or approximately four months. [3] With respect to visiting the subject premises from the time Terran was born until he was four years old, as contrasted with residing there, Hall testified as follows: here and there, [Porter] baby-s[a]t [Terran]; [Porter] lived right around the corner from us, so I would stop in there quite often.... [P]robably like twice out of a week or something like that, out of a month, who knows. I'd just drop in, you know. Hall said that Porter never babysat Terran on a regular basis. In addition, Hall testified that, when she moved back to Harlem Avenue, she and Terran visited the subject premises [a]bout three or four times a week; [w]henever [Gladys Hall] had something to drink ... [which was] constantly; at any time of day, whether [e]vening, mornings, didn't matter; for two hours, three hours, maybe an hour [at a time]; that she never stopped going to see [Porter, just] because I moved back with my mom. I still go to see her. In sum, with respect to Terran's exposure to lead paint while visiting at Porter's, the evidence most favorable to the Petitioners is that he visited the subject premises twice a week before residing there and three to four times a week for up to three hours at a time after residing there.