Find a black spot on the wall - Jackpot!

[Bill Kibbel]

Apparently, lawyers now have more medical knowledge than neurologists. A musty smell can get you big bucks for your dire health consequences.

http://blogs.lawyers.com/2013/06/can-you-sue-mold/

[John Dirks Jr]

The level of ill informed persons in this world is saddening. The idea of schmucks looking to prey on them is even worse.

For once it would be nice to hear the lawyers tell us how much they got out of these deals. Hype = more money.

[Marc]

These are the 'mold is gold' practitioners of the legal profession, a slightly different animal than the one we're familiar with. Whereas inspectitorious pits a species of inspector against the public, legalitorious pits one sub-section of the public against another sub-section, homeowners against sellers (or landlords). The goal is the same - revenue.

Marc

[Erby]

They'd have a field day with this.

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[kurt]

The suits noted all wound their way through court 4+ years ago. I wonder if this is trending up or down. From the descriptions, these were egregious conditions, and it sounds like sellers and realtors were colluding to defraud.

I think the defense against mold suits is getting more sophisticated, and I wonder if it's getting better or worse. The CEO of CNA said it would take a while to balance, but it was not the slam dunk it was 4-5 years ago.

That doesn't mean there won't be suits.

[Tom Raymond]

Last Friday I had a 3' x 4' mechanical room containing the boiler, DWH, service equipment, water meter and a really heavy wood shelf (I did the math and covered the lack of combustion air). The water meter and the shelf created a micro climate that yielded a 3' square slimy black growth on the wall.

It didn't make it into my report. My client didn't care. When I explained it to him he said his girl friend is a clean freak and will likely ask him to remove the boiler so she can clean under it. He has far bigger fish to fry.