"CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED BY MURPHY, FALCON & MURPHY SEEKING DAMAGES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR LEAD-BASED PAINT CONTAMINATION OF PROPERTIES SURROUNDING TV HILL'S "CANDELABRA" TOWER"

BALTIMORE, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorneys for several property owners in Baltimore's Woodberry community filed a class action lawsuit in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against Television Tower, Inc. ("TTI"), the owner of the red "candelabra" tower located on "TV Hill," as well as Nebraska-based Skyline Tower Painting, Inc. ("Skyline") for damages and injunctive relief, alleging TTI and Skyline contaminated their properties with lead paint when Skyline "hydro-blasted" the tower in June of 2022 pursuant to a contract with TTI. Area residents complained of finding red paint chips on their properties, which were later found to contain lead.

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The lawsuit seeks class representation of all owners of real property located within a 4000-foot radius of the tri-pointed broadcasting tower, located at 3723 Malden Avenue, which encompasses the entirety of Baltimore's historic Woodberry community as well as dozens of properties in neighboring communities. 

Attorney William "Billy" Murphy stated, "[l]ead is a dangerous neurotoxin that is poisonous, especially to children. That the TV Tower owners knew it contained lead paint yet hired an unaccredited contractor to power blast that paint off hundreds of feet in the air over folks' homes is unconscionable. The Defendants in this case should have known better."

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