Law Practice
Mar. 12, 2002
California Courts Play Catch-Up in Growing Area of Toxic Mold Litigation
Perusing the recent verdicts and settlements, one certainly will discover a healthy smattering of cases involving mold. Mold shows up in construction-defect litigation with leaky buildings, in environmental personal-injury claims involving "sick building syndrome" and in insurance bad-faith claims in which a carrier has refused to cover or adequately pay for certain types of repairs.
Timothy D. Reuben
Founder and CEO, Reuben, Raucher & Blum
Phone: (310) 777-1990
Email: treuben@rrbattorneys.com
Reuben is the founder and CEO at Reuben Raucher & Blum. Alongside his extensive career as a civil litigator specializing in complex matters at both the trial and appellate level, he serves pro bono as a temporary judge and settlement officer for the Los Angeles Superior Court, as well as a fee arbitrator for the LA County Bar.
Perusing the recent verdicts and settlements, one certainly will discover a healthy smattering of cases involving mold. Mold shows up in construction-defect litigation with leaky buildings, in environmental personal-injury claims involving "sick building syndrome" and in insurance bad-faith claims in which a carrier has refused to cover or adequately pay for certain types of repairs.
One case in Sacramento involving insurance returned a jury verdict for $18.5 million, $18 million ...
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