If you can suggest anything, please let me know, I am desperate, at this point. I worked as a LPN for years. In addition, please be sure your mothers clothing and other fabrics in her home are washed in anti-microbial soaps. Learn more about FindLaws newsletters, including our terms of use and privacy policy. My asthma doc. Furthermore, the defense maintained that the IgG was performed as a MAST test, which it stated has been discredited as a valid method. I currently live in subsidized housing and Ive been having a huge mold problem. Lawyers can certainly be helpful while brokering a larger settlement. Also, mold on around the windows in bedrooms, which we use bleach which doesnt remove completely. We have asked the head attorney, our employer, if there could be something done about the carpets yet he tells us that it is an expense he does not want to get into at this time. They did not use ice and water shields and the flashing were placed so that the water went into my wallls rather than away from them. You have a case whether you purchased or rent. and bloody nose symptoms as well. Well the same day I filed the complaint they contacted the leasing office and they came to my house the same day and told me that I should havwe came to them instead of complaining to the housing athority then they said that they where not going to renew my lease and that I have to move what can I do (they said because of the bread of my dog) which I paid the deposit to have and also pay a monthly pet fee for. We have tried more mold personal injury claims to verdict than any other law firm. I have a 2000 triple wide modular home and love in south louisiana. A Living Nightmare!! If anyone has knowledge as to who can assist me in this matter please email me. It colonizes and grows in homes, apartments, and condominiums where moisture levels are overly high, typically due to leaks, high humidity, or running water. The ct scan ordered by workers comp now shows fluid building around lungs, heart, and liver lesions. throw your clothes away soak in bath for hour. Are there any cases in MS where people have won this type civil suit that we can use. With a story like yours I dont know who wouldnt donate to help move you out of there. So to me that means it is inevitable that it will make you sick. I have develops lumps in my arms, neck and chest. Later his girlfriend was upset that I saw it and worried the hotel would think they did it.. people ha.. Yes I told my landlord that the ceilings needed to be fixed, and after 6+ months the living room ceiling was finally fixed. Mean while i was sleeping on a mold mattress. Since the weather is changing it allows me to spend more time searching for a much better place to reside. If you have mold in your apartment, you will want to know whether you can sue your landlord for any harm youve suffered.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'moldprotips_com-large-leaderboard-2','ezslot_3',167,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-moldprotips_com-large-leaderboard-2-0'); Landlords are not free to make up lease agreements with any clauses that go against the landlord-tenant laws in your state and are illegal. ~James, I need some one who can help me and my family please igot mold in my kids room I find out during spring time that mold was in my son room I move in dec2012 we didnt know mold was in this house landlord lie to me she painting over the mold once spring came my wife start sme lling sewer and went it rains the walls get wet no vent in bathroom and my son room I told landlord severaltimes my son got very sick doctor say his test came back pos of mold in blood I need a lawyer please help me my phone 7088784053 my wife 4063 my elbert garner my veronica icant afford to moved but my kids health come first this hurt right now I seal the room with plastic for now. Im pretty sure I need a lawyer and am having no luck finding one on my own. If the rent board decides your complaint is valid, a City Inspector will issue a Notice of Violation . I just found that there is a lot of black mold under the floor and also under the roof. If So How can I have the buidling tested and and is there a possible suite here? We now have started noticing mold around all the windows all over the bathroom as well as both our bedroom closet and the closet in the kitchen. In November, local media reported on the dismissal of a mold exposure lawsuit that Michael Pugliese, the man behind the National Treatment Centers for Environmental Disease, had filed in Georgia State Court against his own landlord. My health has declined, developed, asthma, severe allergies, heart problems, chronic aches, memory problems, cancer, and so forth. I saw black marks all over the wood underneath and the guy tried to put the rug right over it. I hardly had use of my bedroom during the winter last year-slept on the couch in my living room most of the time so I wouldnt get sick anymore from sleeping in the bedroom. I got severely ill after that with fevers all the time, I lost a lot of weight and went from 120 to 99.8 lbs. If you are still living in the unit, you have an ongoing relationship with your landlord and maintaining that relationship is important. Whos Responsible for Mold in a Rental Property? I took them to small claims for return on rent while the house was uninhabitable. And after the seventh day where I was supposed to respond I still had seven days from that day to intern gather my things and leave. People (including myself) are getting sick. I want to sue my landlordwhere will I go if evicted? The doctor advice was to re mediate our house and sell it or burn it down and then take three feet of the dirt and dump it at the contaminated dump site , (Mycotoxins are killed at 500 degrees)And then build a new healthy house with a certified new green builder. The contractor supposedly painted over it with mold destroying paint. Well there is still black mold visible on the exposed walls in the storage closets in the basement. my 70 yr old mother just returned from a trip to Florida. I told her what we have been facing and she glady took my family and 5 animals in immediately. OR Ask a question to our mold experts! I have spoken with a number of contractors in regards to the mold and the consensus is that a majority of the ceiling of the contaminated area will need to be dropped, dried out, chemically cleaned and re-built. I get more info that you made. My landlord called me 2 weeks ago and chewed my ass out on the phone telling me it was my fault that the guy didnt show up. Our bathroom would be completely back if we didnt clean it with bleach every other day. We asked again at the end of Feburary and they sent someone to test it and test the air quality. Do you all know of any good doctors in Georgia? The "National Treatment Centers" clearly supports this "toxicity theory." The people who own the house, 72 and 94 respectively, ended up with pneumonia and nearly died trying to get the contractor to fix the problem. In what appears to be the largest single plaintiff personal injury verdict in 2016, an Essex County Superior Court judge awarded $1.8 million to a music teacher employed by the Milburn Board of Education. Im renting a house that has black mold or toxic mold in the home. Primary claim was asthma of mother and son. No photographs were taken, 2. Its just on going and I need someone to tell me what to do. We told them that we will move forward with paying investigator ourselves, and a week later Management contacted us to tell us they have scheduled for investigator to check the 5-6 unit complex. All I get is my $250 sec. Of course the bath tub is crap. I was asked at the time about any enviromental problems in my home. As soon as I get the letter from my asthma doc. Your landlord cannot refuse to allow you to keep your service animal. One would think that any insurance company would make an effort to go and check out a house that they are going to insure. Medical expenses incurred while treating mold exposure-related injuries. I went back 2 weeks later to find everything I owned gone from the house, locks changed, and new renters living there. Now mold was becoming a thing here, and when getting the ice from the ice machine, i might have been over cautious about mold being everywhere and looked at every corner what was in my path.. And now, oh wow, I noticed that in the drain of the ice machine, just below the tray that holds the ice bucket up, that i saw what looked like black or very dark green mold.. Was this a concern.. Na I thought and maybe I was now making a big deal.. And if I complained again, we might lose the good deal on the room rate.. I stay tired, sinus stay congested, sleepless nights, eyes blurry/ mucus, mouth/ throat dry, skin dry/itch, losing eyelashes, hair dry and breakage, headaches at times. I had to replace a lot of really nice furniture because they were on the floor and fell apart or just completely unusable. About six months ago i started to work the midnight shift and I have to wash dishes all night, well there is a problem with that since there is black mold all over the wall. Can you help? Thank you and have a nice day. Im glad to hear that you are willing to move out of there. My brother and I have been working at a powerplant on the river that had flooded into many parts of the powerplant that was approximately 100 feet long by 20 feet wide by 8 feet high. A few years ago the 1st management company just painted over it. Im not sure what kind. It will be worth the wait, you have a place to live while you wait. Please someone lead me in the correct directions. The next day I got extremely ill. The repair person painted the master bedroom ceiling, without putting any drop cloth on the furniture and now there is paint on our veneer furniture. one week later the whole house is flooded as the first bathroom the contractors fixed the pipes bust. My home is in TN but I live in GA. Ive always made repairs within 12-24hrs of them being brought to my attention. I am beginning to feel sick when in the apartment for a couple of hours or more and have headaches all the time when inside. The apartment repair men came out and realized the condensation line was leaking. In 2006, a Manhattan Beach, California family received a $22.6 million settlement in a toxic mold case. I too have the same problem. The manufacturer should have recommendations for such. We have filed an insurance claim and supposedly have some mold coverage. My children have been continuously sick since we moved in. The next day I went house hunting. I furious!!! There was constantly black gooey mold pouring out of them, and when we ran the heater or the air conditioner, the floors would be covered in a soot. This case is and has been in the courts since 2007. Alsina was diagnosed with adult onset asthma and other pulmonary issues, conditions that were attributed to mold exposure by her treating physician. its not supposed to be taken 24/7 like that. Wood Smith Henning & Bermans mold defense practice is nationally known. Dr. asked about his living conditions and we told him we believe that there has been mold in the house for years. She has been smelling raw sewage smells for over a month and she has been living with sinus problems and headaches. We live in the Antelope Valley in Ca. keys to navigate, use enter to select, Stay up-to-date with how the law affects your life. Code Enforcement came again, gave another violation to clean up the mold on the baseboards. P.S. My son has asthma and I am sure we are all being affected by it since oue entire family has had numerous upper respiratory problems! I dont even think the machines will work. Bathroom mold painted over it. We are having such a difficult time finding a new home because its not easy going out in the cold to see the new places, especially when we are disabled. My landlord told me I have to move out because I havent paid my rent because I cant go in my bedroom because of the exposed moldy insulation in the ceiling. I had to move out of there. One day i saw a dark area in the corner by the patio door on the baseboard pulled back the carpet the ODOR unbearable the tact strip was softer than a sponge and black,padding soaked with black areas/ black areas under the carpet/ black areas around the baseboards. My landlord just comes and paints over it. The judge lowered the jury's award down to $3 million. The appellate court's decision started by noting that in cases alleging personal injury due to exposure, a plaintiff must support his or her case with expert testimony demonstrating to a "reasonable possibility" that the injury was caused by the exposure. She was only here for 2 days, and we wasted her whole first day waiting for the maintenance people to come by. I got access to my property by getting a restraining order on my landlord, but many of the expensive things are missing. I have no choice but to fix all the damages. During this month of ER visits I also went to see my physician and other doctors he referred me to. Thank you in advance for any verbiage or ammunition you can give us as to fight with. I am a Lanlord. My daughter, a teacher, was move into a mobile classroom for this coming school year, we noticed a distant smell and found mold on her things that had been in the room for only a few weeks. Which i would have taken a picture. hi ..me and my four year old daughter live in low income housing i resently had our apartment tested for mold and 84 percent aspergillus penicillum was found in my daughters roma and 43 percent in the kitchen me and my baby have been suffering in this apartment since we moved here in 09 my apartment mnager, is well aware of the problem but is going on every day as if its good for our health do i have legal grounds to file a suit. A mold problem has occurred as a direct result and the contractor was not sufficiently insured. Im asthmatic and have been having problems breathing lately. My roof started leaking and I had a contractor come out to fix it, he advised me that there was no black tir paper under any of my shingle on my roof it was never put down also upon inspecting the home he found several of my walls to be rotten mostly behind cabinets in the kitchen he also found that the house is full of mold.!!! My Parents are both disabled. Its purple mold. Aside from any affirmative disclosure requirement, however, if you decide to list a property for sale, you should be ready with responses to questions potential buyers might ask about plumbing, humidity, and ventilation issues in your building. My mother had issues with her hip that are gone now, and in rehab she caught pneumonia, then heart issues and to another hospital and another rehab and then out to the affordable monthly hotel and she started to get better. This year's cases also reflect the differing contexts in which mold personal injury claims can arise: occupational exposure, habitability claims in rental housing, and nosocomial infections in hospitals. Fedral declared disaster 06/07 damage to home and severe flooding. Black mold is deadly even if your are not allergic to it it is still lowering your immunity, and my doctor, just says to my spouse it hasnt got you yet! Im going to the doc again Monday to see what damage this is doing. They told me that they gutted the whole house with new floors and newwalls and new roof. I sent them pictures of the mold, medical records and a letter from a physician saying it was the mold that is the cause of my illness and they say I did not provide enough proof. This is a timely process and we have been advised to have the apartment vacant during construction to eliminate further exposure. Educate yourself, find a lawyer. I asked my landlord to fix it and he has yet too. a week later i get a letter in my mail from my landlord that he reported mold in my bathroom. Please help this is how I make my living Iam hard working honest and love what I do but his black mc is horrendous I do believe if you seen this in person you would be APPALLED!! I am wondering if there is any legal action our students and teachers can take to get this mold out of our school. yes the first time I noticed it was on valentines day. The landlord ordered a mold test (thinking my claims were an attempt to break the lease).. they came back with 8 kinds of very toxic air-born molds. After making the community manager aware of the issue verbally as well as in writing nothing was done. I dont think they believed me on the dark mold and a week later i cleaned the filter and washed of the mold on the front parts. When I turned on the bathroom light, the floor was covered with water, and there was a big bulge on the ceiling above my bathtub. But my symptoms are getting worse any ideas as to the direction I should go? In summer, they would come to fix the unit but it would only work for a couple of hours or one day and then it would not cool . Despite the complaint, no repairs were made and a strong musty odor developed. Ive constantly got sick and am currently sick now, my question is, not all of us are on the lease, in San Francisco that is common and not surprising, but we have had countless of repair people come in and out of our apartment and not say one word about the mold and it is completely noticeable in the restroom its EVERYWHERE Im worried and scared of my personal health and my friends but yet they are too afraid to say something because If we have to leave the building (which Im sure we would have too) wed have no where to go. 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