Category Archives: legal
Indiana U Mold Lawsuit
Lawsuit Alleges Indiana U. Pressed Health Center to Play Down Mold Threat. The university denies the allegation. The suit also says Indiana deferred crucial maintenance on air systems for years despite knowing of problems, resulting in a 2018-19 mold crisis. … Continue reading
Judge approves plan addressing only NYCHA toxic mold
Mayor de Blasio signed with federal prosecutors calling for the imposition of a federal monitor to oversee the NYCHA compliance with health and safety rules. Manhattan Federal Judge William Pauley gave NYCHA and federal prosecutors two weeks to come up … Continue reading
Mold Compensation
A woman got $32 million after mold decimated her Texas mansion, but the money won’t begin to fix the mental anguish she suffered. She sued Farmers Insurance Group. Mold can cause headaches, nosebleeds, respiratory issues and other symptoms, especially if … Continue reading
List of Plaintiffs in Northwood Centre Lawsuit
Victims claim airborne mold and animal feces made them sick, and they are suing Northwood Centre. The number has escalated to more than 86 from 20. Some claim they were unaware they were working in unhealthy conditions. Raw sewage backed … Continue reading
Mold Strikes Eight 8 Ypsilanti Homeowners
Ypsilanti Township is demanding that eight moldy homes be brought up to code and threatens dire consequences: to have a Washtenaw County Circuit Court judge to declare the properties a public nuisance. Homeowners must bring them up to code or … Continue reading
California Board of Equalization Faces $50M Mold Claim
After they spent $28 million just dealing with the mold remediation, The California Board of Equalization (BOE) is facing a new claim filed by their employees, who say that the mold at the BOE headquarters has been causing them respiratory … Continue reading
Mayor Bill de Blasio Signs Law Requiring Mold Resistant building Materials
New York city Mayor, Bill de Blasio, has signed a bill presented by the councilman Steven Matteo, which necessitates the use of mold-resistant building materials in the moisture prone areas of the houses. The bill, which has now become a … Continue reading
Toxic Mold in Residential Buildings
Byebye Mold performs mold inspections but we do not do remediation. You might want to perform an inspection on a property prior to purchase or sale of realty, or for other legal purposes; or if you are living in an … Continue reading
Are Health Care Professionals Confirming Mold is a Health Risk?
There’s a group, MOLD TREATMENT CENTERS OF AMERICA, which is creating a certification platform for healthcare providers. Who knows, this may revolutionize the prosecution of landlords or sellers of faulty drywall or other responsible parties by finally defining direct lines … Continue reading
Mold Lawsuit over negligence and breach of contract of lease
Yorlanda Fisher, Aubrey Hill, Ja’Nyra Walton and Nyshia Walton filed a lawsuit against Huntington Park LLC and its insurer in the Orleans Parish Central District Court on Dec. 7 over mold exposure. The apartment they rented had a water leak, … Continue reading
Mold Grows In You
The FID test (Fungal Identification profile) indicates invasive fungal infections. The test identifies colonies of fungus, mold, and yeast growing in the human body. About six percent of the population is atopic (allergy-predisposed) with a respiratory allergy to airborne fungi. … Continue reading
Sandy Will Bring out the Mold Lawyers
The physical effects of mold exposure are difficult to assess because mold is ubiquitous. Different people’s different exposure to differing types and quantities of mold spores affects each person differently. One man’s exposure to stachybotrys is fatal, whereas another’s similar … Continue reading
Mold and the Law
A recent article called Cornell Accepts Causal Connection Between Toxic Mold and Injury examines a recent decision that may alter the toxic mold litigation landscape. The decision may help establish personal injury claims by building residents against landlords and contractors … Continue reading
Problems in Tracking Mold issues
The moldy smell or obvious mold growth in damp buildings can indicate some molds are known to be related to human pathogens. Science and the law are not in complete agreement due to lack of direct causal proofs (and the … Continue reading
County employee dying during Mold Trial
Because Beverly Forest, one of nine affected plaintiffs who worked in the Monterey County District, has a compromised immune system after cancer treatment, she is in danger of not surviving to the conclusion of her two-year-old moldy office claim. Environmental … Continue reading
Taking Mold to Court
If you encounter mold and are wondering who might be held responsible in court, there are a few possible parties which may be culpable. Property Inspector. Could be held responsible if there was a recent sale, or a recent inspection … Continue reading
A MANHATTAN Model Mold Situation
Property managers of $1.3 million condo in Manhattan are being sued for $300,000 over chronic water leaks. According to a specialist, mold build-up included “various fungi, bacteria, mycotoxins, endotoxins, and other toxic, dangerous, allergenic or unhealthful and harmful substances.” The … Continue reading
Mold is a Landlord’s Least Fav Tenant
Landlords have responsibility even though tenants are responsible for general maintenance to the property they are renting. If they are keeping home clean and mold happens anyway, they will be pointing fingers at the landlords. This is because if the … Continue reading
Worst Landlords List
Interactive map of New York’s worst landlords This interactive map on the gothamist reveals the locations of documented bad landlords. If you have a landlord you’d like to report, contact Public Advocate for the City of New York Bill de … Continue reading
Finding a Mold Lawyer
If you go to court about your mold situation, you have some rights. You might be able to recover costs of: Inspecting your property Repairing the structure Replacing ruined household items Housing expenses during repairs Paying for current and future … Continue reading
Mold Litigation
Toxic mold litigation has become a common thing in the courts over the past decade, even though science is lagging behind in being able to successfully connect the dots between all the actual health effects and health risks associated with … Continue reading
Mold Victim Wins Rights
NY’s Toxic Mold Case Law
Cornell v. 360 West 51st Street Realty, LLC, 939 N.Y.S.2d 434 (App. Div. 2012), the Court clarified Fraser and held that the scientific evidence in each case should be evaluated under the Frye test, thus opening the door to mold … Continue reading
Yes Virginia There Is Mold Illness
“DEAR EDITOR: I am XX (shhh!) years old. (more or less) “Some of my little friends say mold is harmless. “My lawyer says, ‘If you see it in THE COURTROOM it’s so.’ “Please tell me the truth; is mold Harmless? … Continue reading
Northwest Clean Air Agency Video, Educational Video
Yes Virginia, the Pacific Northwest tends to suffer from mold. A twelve minute video made by the Northwest Clean Air Agency which is responsible for ensuring compliance with federal, state and local air quality regulations in Island, Skagit and Whatcom … Continue reading
Provable Vulnerability and Mold Health Risk
The current thinking is that mold is harmful to everyone. But courts and doctors haven’t figured out how to pin the tail on the donkey—I mean, how to connect mold exposure specifically to the generic human EVEN WHEN THE CAUSAL … Continue reading
New York States Mold Illness insufficient Evidence circa 2006
“After the testimony of four experts and a review of more than 70 scientific articles and books, in September 2006, a justice in State Supreme Court in Manhattan ruled that there was insufficient evidence to support the contention that mold … Continue reading
Llama farm becomes Mold Farm
This moldy house took two years of litigation with an award of $732,250 upheld against the seller of the house, destroyed a couple’s dream of a horse farm, and broke up a marriage If you’re in California, you might want … Continue reading
TV Station Goes after Mold
On April 2nd, a tv station, ABC7, contacted the county with a mold complaint, and the next day the county hired a company to serve legal notice in the owner. The county moved for an expedited court day to force … Continue reading
Nevada: Unsound Health Dept Building
Mrs Daniel Pauluk who filed a federal lawsuit in 2007 claiming the building is responsible for her husband’s death also claims that the unsafe building that killed her husband was also infested with mold. A structural engineering study showed the … Continue reading