Truth About Mold

From the article: Plaintiffs...do not have to present an expert witness to prove they had suffered physical ailments as a result of exposure to mold. According to the court, it was enough that mold was present and that the plaintiffs had physical ailments that could be attributed to mold exposure. The court left it to the defendant to disprove that the mold exposure did not cause the alleged illnesses.

Ruling from Michigan Court of Appeals

Gerding family (Texas) vs State Farm

Gleason family (Pennsylvania)

Goddard High School (Roswell, New Mexico)

The judge said, "...you're under notice that you have a potential problem that in high probability will generate lawsuits."
The judge also said, "Our duty to our students (and) to our young people is a continuous duty."
Mold Biotoxin Illness Linked to Goddard High School Infects Many (1/20/2011)

Goldstein family (New York) vs Spall Realty and Brookwood Building Corp

Gorman family (California)

Gossett Jr., Louis (actor)

Greene family (Texas) vs Woodside Homes

Gresham Townhomes (Oregon) vs Persimmon Development

Gwinn family (Oklahoma)--involves Dr. Thomas Walsh with the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Hammond family (Texas)

Harrod family (Virginia)

Hartman/Trowe story (California) vs State Farm

Headley family (New York) vs M & J Limited Partnership

Herman, Helen (Massachusetts)

Hodges family (California) vs State Farm

HUD Building (Washington, D.C.)

Johannsen family (Alabama) vs. HUD

Judge--Randall Johnson (Indiana)

King family (North Carolina)

Koveskali, Danielle (New Zealand)

Kuther family (New Jersey) vs John Zaklama and Coffee Place

Laguna/DePaul story (Florida)

Levesque family (Missouri)

Lewin/Davison family (U.K.)

Lexie's story (Texas)

Lightfoot family (Michigan) vs Allstate Insurance

Louisiana Department of Social Services (Louisiana)--Plaza Towers case

Lynn family (Missouri)

Malone, Sharon (Texas) vs College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas

Martin, Leonard James (California)

Mathieu family (Florida)

McCormick, Teresa (Washington) vs Windermere Real Estate and Lighthouse Home Inspection

Additional article about the McCormick story

McGovern, Marcie (Texas) vs Target stores

McHenry, Elizabeth (lllinois) vs Allstate Insurance

McMahon, Ed family (California)

Additional articles about Ed McMahon's mold story

Meister family (Alabama) vs State Farm

Melichar family (Idaho) vs State Farm

Meng family (Virginia) vs Drees Homes

Article about the Meng family jury award

Minium, Robin (Arizona) vs Pillar Communities

Multiple mold stories sent to Consumer Affairs regarding State Farm

Nelson family (North Carolina) vs Hartford Insurance

New Jersey homeowners (New Jersey) vs Quaker Group

Novak, Martha (Ohio) vs State Farm

Oak Ridge Elementary School (North Carolina)

Page, Wanda (Texas) vs State Farm

Palser, Spring (New York)

Pauluk, Dan (Nevada)

News story

News video

Preston family (Georgia)

Ray, Rachael and John Cusimano (New York ) vs Amerispec Heritage Home Inspection Service and Joseph Schmitt Consulting Engineers

Red Mountain Elementary School (Arizona)

Richmond County Law Enforcement Center (Georgia)

Rock family (Illinois) vs State Farm re Duty to Defend

Rodriguez family (California)

Romain, Joann Matouk (Michigan)--Woman disappears on 1st day of mold trial (January 12, 2010). Where is Joann Romain?

Update 3/20/2010: Police find body

Saad family (Massachusetts)

Salowitz, Joe (New York)

Shriner family (Pennsylvania) vs Peerless Insurance (Liberty Mutual)

Sica family (Florida)

Smith, Amberlyn (Ohio)

Southwest Baptist University (Missouri)

Stonybrook Apartments (Florida)

Stuckey family (Louisiana) vs Riverstone Residential

Switzer, Barry (Oklahoma) vs State Farm

Trippence Apartments (Tennessee)

Tucker, Troy (Georgia)--news video

Voss family (Michigan)

Walker family (California) vs Goland Services Property Management

Wellmeyer family (Louisiana) vs Allstate Insurance

West, Carol (Maryland)

Wisecup family (Iowa) vs State Farm Insurance Company

For copies of depositions, transcripts or other documents, send a message to the webmaster through the Contact Us form on this website. Details of this case have been provided to the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice.
State Farm employees involved:
Rory Hansen, 2901 NE Briarwood Drive, Ankeny, Iowa 50021
Patrick M. Walters, 6045 Nottingham Drive, Johnston, Iowa 50131
Cindy Garr-White, 8115 Cobblestone Court, Urbandale, Iowa 50322
Attorneys for State Farm:
David V. Jones, Jones Kurth law firm, San Antonio, Texas (In another case involving David Jones and State Farm, they were disciplined and sanctioned for their misconduct. The Oklahoma Court ruling in that case can be found on the Insurance Bad Faith page of this website.)
David V. Jones (home address), 118 Barrera Street, San Antonio, Texas 78210
Henry Harmon, Grefe & Sidney law firm, Des Moines, Iowa (Harmon had to withdraw from the case because he was caught committing an ethics violation.)
Henry Harmon (home address), 3131 Fleur Drive, #1007, Des Moines, Iowa 50321
Cecelia Ibson Wagner, Des Moines, Iowa

Expert witnesses for State Farm included:
Dr. Raymond Harbison, (former expert witness for the tobacco industry), USF, Florida
Raymond D. Harbison (home address), 1208 Sandy Lane, Eastpoint, Florida 32328
Dr. H. James, Wedner, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Dr. Matthew Rizzo, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Matthew Rizzo (home address), 228 Richards Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52246
Dr. Daniel Tranel, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (was paid a lot of money but was not able to participate in the trial because he is not an M.D.)
Daniel T. Tranel (home address), 5282 Naples Avenue SW, Riverside, Iowa 52327
The case involved several defendants, numerous law firms and dozens of attorneys, paralegals, etc.
The case also involved nine district court judges in Iowa, appellate court judges and supreme court judges.

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