Toxic Mold Litigation – Do I Have A Case?

I bought around $90 in groceries from a grocery store and i bought a capri 10 pack for my son. my son went to drink one and is now feeling sick, i
inspected the case and there is black mold in the box, also some of the
packs seem half empty but are expanded from some type of gas. Why would
they knowingly put moldy items up for sale, damage is a riped box not open
juice in a box that dried into mold! What should i do?

Family member was subleasing a condo which has considerable mold. Husband has become deathly sick, as well as family of 4 with numerous medical issues since moving in. Family put management company and Board on notice with water leak issues, improper ventilation of clothes dryer, and unsanitary possible improper HVAC unit. Mold is in every room of apartment and has ruined furniture, clothing ect. Management comp sent in repair man to “clean” what they can see and repaint area. Mold has returned. Family hired environmental co to assess situation. Family has since moved out. What are their rights?

I don’t know where to start with my house. My husband and I purchased our home about 3 years ago. Upon inspection, our inspector noticed a significant amount of mold located in the crawl space. We then negotiated with the bank in that they take care of ALL remedeation of mold and damage. They had two companies come in, one to clean the mold and air ducts, the other to vapor barrier the entire crawl space. My husband and I noticed a couple things that were “overlooked” in the process. We brought it up and supposively the issues were addressed. Since we, my self, my husband and our two small children moved into the house, there has been a constant problem to getting sick. I even notice when I walk in the house, a musky smell. I don’t know where to start or even what to do but my family is always sick and we even sense that something within the house is corrupting us all physically in which has really turned pretty emotional for me, as I want it taken care of. Please help! Thanks

I was knowing put into an apartment “suppose to upscale apartment complex in the town”, and it was filled with mold “covered up “even in the kitchen cabinets, it was every where. I ask to please give me an apartment that had never flooded or had any problems with mold or mildew, because my allergies were so bad to mold, and that I had just had surgery. Before moving here, I covered for government, covered 10 counties alone, seeing clients on parole “either in jail”, court houses, parole offices, ect, and I taught college night “only physical problem I had ever had was sinus, and allergies. I could race my 20 year old son and play basketball with him and stayed “almost” caught up. I had raised two sons alone, put myself though college “Berea College”, BA, Lindsey Wilson “M.Ed., Mental Health and went on to get my Licensed “LPCC” licensed professional clinical counselor, and NCC, Nationally Certified Counselor My sons are wonderful, one is married, and has a child, lives away, my baby is in Seattle, college. After a little while in those apartments, I got to where I couldn’t even get out of bed, weak, ached all over, got little knots all over me, rashes, welts, sores. It started flooded once a week in the bedroom “my commode would back up and go into my bathtub, and into my closet “fill up the closet” and part of carpet in bedroom “Once a week, the whole year”, and all they would do was come over and suction up the water and plug up a fan. Seven months later, I found out they had the sewage tank/system for the apartment complex in my bedroom closet and it was clogged “and they had to go in the wall and fix it “few, were horrible for weeks, and I was told by specialist, it had been leaking that sewage the whole told and also had to be leaking some of the sewage gases. They went in and fixed it, and the following week “My patio, had drain on it and who patio from day one was covered in water, mud and what smelled like sewage. I ask one of maintence to please clean it up and he reported, the apartment had flooded over and over for years “which is why this last time they put in tile in every room except bedroom. I had my mattress in living room floor, bedrooms smelled … like “sewage”. And it got wet three fourth to top, my computers “3” where in the floor”, my personal one, state government on, and Berea College One, but my IPhone “all where destroyed “plus I had just bought three things that cost a lot of water that in the floor that was destroyed”. Called Maintence, he cam “have several maintence guy, and he said the drainon patio was clogged, so the rain made the water cover in from the drain and went and kickec some stuff of and called “same company that always came ahd swept up sewage and water “and was always “half done” and was very rude.I had a doctors appointment “I was off work on medical leave, I have been since last year, “I quit dating, seeing friends, working or even going to the store “I started hiring strangers”, I didn’t have the strength. I went to doctor to doctor, but apparently in the state of Kentucky they really don’t care about mold and sewage and the harm it can do “they can’t test you for it. Week later “THE whole apartment flooded!!, waters was everywhere, floating in it, was sewage, leaves, stick and dead animals, spiders, ect. My mattress from the following week that because of sewage in the bedroom was destroyed “It got soaked with the sewage water” and the guy came hours later to suction water out”, I was I the shower”, and he had threw my matrass, pillows, quilts, ect, into the carport, and everything else in the floor, he threw up my cloth couch and recliners “contaminating them”. First living room flood “Rashes all over flood, chest neck went to after hours clinic “I have so many pictures, videos”, I was covered, as well as when the place flooded, “even was kitchen cabeinets was filled with mold, not a spot no where that did not have mold. I paid a guy “wrong guy”, charged me a fortune but wouly check two places for that, but it had all kinds of molds, highest level of fungus and said no one should be living there without a gas mask “Professional, tearing it apartment. “The maintence guy that came the last night it flooed, I wsa crying and crying. I had also, called my girlfriend from another county who come, because I was scared, water was up to plug in and not one spot in house without water. Maintence came about an hour later, over the sliding window doors to patio, said drain was clogged and pushed stuff of and said so sorry you are going through this “he say, off the record, several the bottom apartments flooded”, and they just were told to cover up. He called me twice afterward to say sorry again, because it was obvioushow sick I was and he felt bad “but stated he was no one there, just tring to support his family, and the sales guy that rented it to me “called and said please keep this off the record”, but I’m a kitchen, and you told me you were allergidc and just had surgery, very allergic, and they told me “place was perfect, I had no ideal! Please forgive him. Long story short, my parents are dead, I lost everything, pictures, “sons grow” report cards, mother day cards, notes,presents, all memorores of parents and two sisters and grandmotherthat was deceased. I was sick and devastated. At that time, I had nevermet the “Main Mainager”< female, I just ask her to put me in a top apartment that haad no mold or mildew or town home, "she laughed hysterically. She stated I couldn't afford to live there I make about 42,000 a year "not much", but I was young and stupid, wanting to help people, not understanding without money you can't help yourself let along anyone else. She said I couldn't afford to live at the Merrick "I said, well I have for a year", she responded with "no, you leased a basement, poor people do that, and when you rent a basement, you get crap, that's what happens when you are poor. Also, has a "nice restaurant and bar there "expensive", and made reference to that, stating she would no bother court, because anyone that mattered hang out at The Inn. She would no help me at home. I had renters insurance, but they said, they didn't cover flooding, plus it flooded due too
the clogged sewage and pipes at Merrick. Claims person hugged me and stated how horrible it was and how sorry they were, but said this complex would be responsible to the 10 thousand insurance I had "renters" and stated I should have taken out lots more, because it was worth much more, but said, they would be so scared, that she was assured they would be treated me lie royality, and putting me in nices place they could, paying for my things, and repaying me back for all the rent I spent "Plus, I had bought four expensive air purifiers, Clorox,,,,many things. Due to the flood, mold, sewage, and flood fromt eh sewage and drains, doctor and person that did mold air test, said all was contaminated. This was end of June I was in hospital afterwards, been very sick and they hadve not offered to repay me for anything, I spent probably 2000 on motels before I rented an apartment.

I’ve had mold IN my house OVER 12 years! 1st thought was flood dmg, THEN found out was CITY SEWER BACKUP! They ADMITTED to the COUNSEL meeting AND on the NEWS(cause of ALL MY EVIDENCE)that THEY at fault! But they STILL won’t pay to FIX the problem! I,and 4 MORE in my area have this (I have pictures of even toilet paper in the yards because of drain lid caps BLOWN off cause of the sewer pressure! The D.N.R AND E.P.A. say THEY NEED to fix! I and EVERYONE FURIOUS they STILL haven’t done this! They even 2 years later paid ON THE SPOT a business man who claimed sewer backup and the city say THEY will put on THEIR insurance, AND pay the co-pay with EMERGENCY insurance! I as well as EVERYONE else was HOT! I have C.D. recordings of ALL this! So the mold inspection I did, PROVED they are at fault! AND 4 docs, D.N.R., E.P.A, ALL say “GET OUT OF THERE!” Yet cause I OWN the home NO-ONE in GOV. will help! I have had a lawsuit for 5+ YEARS, yet cause KEEPS occurring, Statute Of Limitations keeps it PROLONGED!I am VERY angry, health is w/5 things going BAD, AND others too have this IN and ON their property! It causes MANY things health wise, EVEN CANCER!!!!! So take PICTURES of EVERYTHING, AND ANYTHING Docs say, GET ON PRINT!!!!!! I’ve done OVER $20,000. to pull MY part but “Until you FIX the CAUSE, you WON’T FIX the PROBLEM! I even told the council when THEY say “If on YOUR property, YOU fix the problem”, I reply “If your in an auto accident, YOU cause the wreck, YOU pay the bill” and I walked away!

I have major mold issues in my rental and have been trying to get my landlord/property management to get it fixed/cleaned. They have done nothing. Now that have giving me a 60 day notice to move because the property has been sold. I have to be out by March 10th.
How do I get them to reimburse me for the mold damage before I have to move? I am withholding my rent at this point because I have no other idea what do do as far as getting compensated. I know I have to keep paying rent till I leave but am afraid that I wont get taken care of on the bummer mold issue.
Dennis D. San Diego CA

We live in a rental property in Edina Mn. and owner has not been in any contact with us for 2 years and never took care of mold problem he new we have been having in every room just told us if we don’t like the place we can move out and said to husband you can fix it your a handyman. Called city to have them order the repairs city said there’s nothing they can do because they can not see mold because I cleaned all the areas that grow mold. I am scrubbing mold all winter long in every room of home on every exterior wall at the bottom and on trim. It has react a lot of are furniture, shoes and cloths. I’m on a mold hunt every day to get it cleaned because my kids have been very sick and allergic to mold.

The house I’m renting has mold and i’s in the air conditioning ducts. I have been having breathing problems now for 3 months and I have told my landlord and he has said that h will take care of the problem but has yet to even look at the house. I found out that the people that lived here before me had the same complaints and he never would fix the problem and that is why they moved.Apparently the landlord just painted over everything and now it is beginning to come out again on the wall’s and ceiling also on top of being in the air duct’s. what legally can I do about this. I am unable to find a place to move to right at this time!!

Hi I am an injured worker and off work and have no place to go. I paid 200 bux to have the mold in my apt tested to see wha we are breathing in bc my memory is shot and we all keep getting sick. We have been here for 8 yrs and I would like to know is the land lord responsible to relocate us to a different unit or if there is not one available is the property management company mandated to move us since they only use other tenants to fix things and not a professional company ? Thank you.

What federal guidelines or law pertaining to employees, employers does notice about mold fall under?

My roommate and I have become infested with pesticides. The fungus has made us seriously ill, but we are having a hard time making our physicians understand because the parasites aren’t visible to the naked eye.Even though we show severe skin and scalp conditions. Where can we turn?

Also did you know that mold spores can carry metals within the spore ? I just found that out but makes sense bc if mold grows on a piece of metal it would absorb the metal right ? So when the spore is released into the air you inhale the metal. Thats why if you do have Stachybotrys and or other mold you should get tested. I am planning on getting me and my family tested once the attorney goes over all my information. Make sure you get your dr visits documented. =)

I recently purchased a house 2 weeks ago I hired a professional painter and he found mold in the walls where there was previous water damage due to a roof leak 5 years earlier the real estate agent told me that the bubbling paint on that wall was the owner not fixing it from the damage and now confronted with unknown expenses and a 17 month old daughter that I am afraid to bring to the house what can I do

were we lived,every water pipe was not plum in,it just open up and went under house.kitchen sink,washer,tub and bathroom sink.maybe tolit.noone will help me.

Yes we have a very serious mold issue. I have been fighting this battle with no luh since June 2014. We bought the home through VA and it passed there standard requirement ( MPR) for home approval loans. The home is so mold ridden under the home that it has made our whole family Ill. We were forced to move out and are currently living in a trailer parked in our driveway. The home is no where near what the appraisal price said it was, we are under water and can no longer live in the home…HELP

Hi my name is Kathy I have been fighting this toxic mold issues since July of 2014. We bought our home through VA and the home was inspected by an appraiser, his documentation stated home was is safe construction sound home. My home has sunk 3 inches at one end because of All 96 floor joists so badly rotted from the mold and mildew. There is huge cracks in the floor joists under the home. We have breathed this mold for a year and a half before realizing it was not allergies or some kind of flu. Both my self and husband and handy capped sister have been so so sick. When the house was built the was not steps taken to prevent water form building up in crawl space. I was built by the sellers parents. I know that the seller was aware of all the serious damages under the home when he sold it to us. WE have sence moved out of the house and are forced to live in a camper in our drive way because we have no were to go. I have spoken with meany attorneys only to have them tell me they want no less the $ 5000.00 retainer fee. I am 60 years old I work in a nursing home for $8.33 an hours, we live pay check to pay check and now have no home. Can any one help Kathy

I am a tenant and there was a mold in my apartment due to failure of the the water damage by the management.

I’m renting a room for 600 . I’m certain that we’re exposed to black mold it’s effecting my asthma I’m lite headed and dizzy and fatigue the bathroom was leaking has a hole in the tub the manager patched it up and put duck tape over the hole but the water went downstairs in the walls can someone help us out you can email me or call me at 619 292 9649

My neighbors and I have all complained of mold and our furniture turning white and the smell of mold all thru the house and we have all stay sick with asthma and had doctors letter and still nothing has been done

I WAS HIRED TO REMODEL TWO PATIENT ROOMS AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL IN MY SMALL TOWN. THE BID FOR THE JOB WAS SET TO REPAIR CURRENT DAMAGE, WHICH WAS CONSIDERED TO BE ALL VISIBLE DAMAGE. AT THE TIME OF THE ESTIMATE THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF MOLD. ON THE THIRD DAY WHEN PAINT APPLICATION STARTED, PAINT BEGAN TO PEEL AND BUBBLE AND SO DID THE ORIGINAL PAINTED SURFACE. THERE WAS OBVIOUS MOLD DEPOSITS THROUGHOUT THE ROOM AND WHEN ANOTHER SECTION OF THE ROOM WAS GETTING A WHAT WAS GOING TO BE A SMALL PATCH REPAIR, THE DRYWALL CRUMBLED INTO A LARGE CAVITY EXPOSING EXTENSIVE WATER DAMAGE AND MOLD. I WAS TOLD I HAD TO CONTINUE REPAIRS TO MEET THE DEADLINE. I UNWILLING CONTINUED DO TO THIS BEING WHAT PAYS MY BILLS (CONSTRUCTION) BUT DEMANDED TO SPEAK WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR TO DISCUSS APPROVAL FOR THE REMEDIATION TAKING PLACE. I WAS DOING THE BEST I COULD TO CONSIDER THE ROOM SAFE. ON THE 4TH DAY AFTER INCREASED DEMANDS TO MEET DEADLINE AND TO JUST PAINT OVER ALL MOLD INFESTED WALLS, I PACKED MY TOOLS AND TOLD THE CREW TO LEAVE. ALSO IN MIDST OF WORK, THE AC/HEATER UNIT IN THE ROOM TO BE PAINTED WAS OPENED UP. INSIDE WAS LARGE DEPOSITS OF MOLD. WHAT DO I DO? THEY WONT PAY FOR THE HAZARDOUS REMEDIATION PAY IVE REQUESTED BECAUSE I DIDNT FINISH THE JOB. YET I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE CONTACT OVER THE WEEKEND WITH ANYONE WHO COULD APPROVE THE WORK BY THE DIRECTOR OF NURSING. THEY WANT TO PLACE PATIENT IN THERE RIGHT AWAY BUT CANT CAUSE I DID NOT FINISH THE JOB IN FULL. I WAS WORRIED I WOULD BE LIABLE FOR FAILURE TO REPAIR.

PLEASE HELP!!!!

My wife and I have complained about mold in our apartment for over a year. Recently the managers moved us out of the apartment because the kitchen kept flooding due to a pipe leak under the flooring. I took pictures of the mold that was present on the base of the cabinets and around the patio door and elsewhere.

Last month I took my wife to the emergency room because she was having trouble breathing, an x-ray revealed a growth in her lung. After a biopsy was done and a full mri scan it was found to be a tumor the size of a tennis ball in her rt lung with several smaller tumors and another tumor in her brain. The cancer is type small cell at stage four. The medical oncologist says that the cancer probably took 6-9 months to develop to this point.

I desperately need to find a good local attorney who is familiar with these type of claims and see what if anything we have to do to determine if the mold present in the apartment could be the cause of or the reason the cancer became so bad. We live in Stockton CA and I cannot find any attorney locally who handles these type of cases.I

For three years I’ve been renting an apartment in southern California. During the second month of renting I became sick. I tested positive for being allergic to mold. Along with various meds prescribed by my allergist and PCG, my optometrist also prescribed meds because I have infection in my eyes. I informed the owner of the mold and water damage, adding that I have to take medication. He replies that it’s mildew, not mold. Instead of hiring a professional to remove the mold, their manager and plumber have painted over it or done patch work repairs. The mold always returns. Why? Because the pipes are leaking and need to be professionally repaired. The last repair remains unfinished. I’ve experienced flooding several times throughout the apartment, furniture damage and warped hard wood floors. Recently I contacted the health department who inspected my unit. I also hired a professional company who inspects and removes mold. In the mold inspection report, the inspector wrote that my apartment was “found to be in poor and suspected unhealthful condition.” I’m interested in filing a lawsuit and would like to know what environmental law firm in Los Angeles I should contact.

I am emotionally distraught because I’ve been living in this condo that I’m renting from the landlord and every year for at least 3 times a year I’ve been asking him please check for mold cause I’ve been getting sick I’ve been getting skin rashes the doctors don’t know what’s happening I’ve had fever like symptoms for the last 3 or 4 years and I just didn’t know until about the seventh week flooded my bathroom and then I threaten to call the health department to get him Old Testament and he went to his insurance got the mold testing there was mold and another substance but he didn’t want me to hear what the moments that you said so he’s telling me no nothing there but I overheard inspector say that there is mold three people in the condominium have had to remove black mold from their house within the last three years I believe he knew it was there before he rented because three times he painted over it I said that some old you have to treat it he just painted over and kept going and then hit minute mark that it was mold underneath the kitchen sink and it was mold in my life or my bed is a my mom came over for one week 59 years of her life never been sick always went to the doctor every year got a good checkup she was coming over a cold she came to watch my kid at my house for a week she stayed in the room for a whole week because she was sick she just kept getting sick sick sick and when I came home I started getting sicker as well so we knew it was something in the house especially in the bedroom and I’m still feverish I’m still sick in the landlord decides to tell me get out in one or two weeks because I’m costing him too much money because of the deductible on the mold testing was too high and he’s going to put a man in and charge them for rent and then I got a certified letter stating that I have 30 days to use it I meant to get out or he believes this thing well I wrote him a letter when I first suspected something was happening when we first I wrote him a letter put it on his door saying because he stopped contacting me he put my emails to spam and he doesn’t know its all communication just completely stopped and I was wondering why anyway I put the notice under store listing fix these are health issues of the sexes I’m not going to give you September’s rent well except if he’s asking for the rent I should ve you know why your not getting September’s rent mid September for about 3 days ago he’s asking for rent again and he said that he will evict me or or do addiction matters before October 1st now in my life it says 2 months I give him when he gives me whether we’re going to renew every July because my my lease ends in September so July Wolverley agree and then we’ll get to the paperwork around August September well the water broke the water bus in front of my life I had to make you get a mole test in August now all of a sudden he gives me the certified letter he’s not renewing my lease to hold up the property and he gives me like a little bit over 30 days instead of the two months that’s required he wrote me a letter stating that refusal to get out or something like that I never refuse to get out I want to get out of here as quick as I can however everyone wants first last security and I have to get up some money and things like that because if I would have had two months I would’ve been able to pack soon as if I can only use basically one on so I just feel I am so stressed I am so stressed until I cry all the time I don’t know what I’m going to do I have a 15 year old daughter everyone wants first last and security or even there very very nasty dirty neighborhoods that I don’t trust me in a little girl and and I don’t have the money for the movers I can only pack so much I’ve been packing since I got the notice I can only packs so much so I asked him listen instead of just getting more years and stuff can I just can you just you know give me the two at least owner of the least the two months notice on of the lease and I didn’t 5 days to respond and of course I’m not going to respond everything that I did write him I kept in or said to him I kept in an adult and I gave him copies of everything and I certify the letter but it also have the dates on serving him notice in August so I consulted a lawyer and he asked me did I want to stay and I said hell milk because there’s mold in here he doesn’t even care it’s almost like attempted murder you know because I don’t know what’s going to happen my mom is almost terminally ill I have been so sick to where I can’t even lift my head sometimes when I go out of this house I feel so much better when am I going to sleep when I wake up in the morning I’m dizzy hot cold feverish I’m breaking out with big red itchy bumps all over my body and no doctor knows what’s causing it and they’ve been treating me with pics 1 till farming work to help the itching for the last black marks in each year I break out again and I don’t know why I’ve never had a nosebleed in my entire life until I came to this place my nose started bleeding so I’m asking my down for what the heck is going on in my dying and I looked up mold symptoms after I found out that there was moving here I had every single symptom of mold everything something and I asked my mom to ask her doctor please because the millions are growing her inflammation in her brain it is still her brain is still inflaming and I’m hurt I’m scared I’m disgusted and I just don’t feel like I have any rights and you legal rights anything because they come from a pretty wealthy family so cute lawyer up and I’m wondering why does he need a lawyer and now I can’t contact him I can’t do anything and I heard from a neighbor that he’s telling everybody that I’m refusing to leave which is not the truth I’m not what I want to stay here with mold and he told me to write up he’s not fixing anything those are constantly day and night in the bathtub when the mold inspectors came they had to cut holes in the wall he didn’t fix any of that dry rotted in the bathroom so all of the floor which of course was in that she’s not fixing any of that so I’m going around bleaching twice a day trying to keep at least 9:15 on healthy because me I am down for the count I am down for the count so if anyone knows anyone who I can consult about this I would greatly appreciate it

we just built our first home. While keeping an eye on how the build was going, we noticed black and green mold on the framing. we brought this to the attention of the company and the builder. One sales woman told us that it did not look good (she was fired we found out later). We were told that it was termite treatment and that they will treat again and all will be well. We were suppose to close on October 30, they emailed me to let us know we would be closing on September 30 instead. I was concerned as it had only been 3 months from start to finish. I had asked them if I could bring out my own expert to look at the framing, the said sure then we received the email about early closing. by the time we were able to get back to the home, around a week after the black and green mold was noticed, they had already put up dry wall. I wanted out of the contract as I felt something was not quite right but we would lose our earnest money. Everything started to move very fast, within 3 weeks we were closing. We closed on September 30, 2015 we moved in October 1, 2015 and on October 2, 2015 I noticed black spots in the kitchen pantry. (now from the first day we arrived, started having sinus problems, headache and nausea, congestion in my lungs. There is a musty smell or just a smell, like old shoes or something I am very sensitive to odors. I do NOT get sick easy, have always been healthy but within the last 3 days I have just been sick. I want to hire a mold specialist and find out what I can do. Won’t the builder be responsible for removing the mold?

What legal rights do I have after buying a home in foreclosure discovering black mold. I have been extremely ill for the past 3 months and have been tested for everything! After entering my symptoms on a site” black mold” came back as my diagnosis. I’m waiting for blood work to confirm. I would bet my life thats the issue. What should my next step be? Do I have legal rights to pursue? The realtor never mentioned an issue. We moved last September and it was cold.we notice a strong odor coming from the basement months later. We assumed it was from the house being empty. Black mold is on the walls in basement and in closets. The company had the house cleaned so it was not visible at the time of purchase. Please help in my next step. I have been off work going on 3 months now and I feel like death

I have lived In a rental apt for two years. The water heater broke upstairs 19 months ago and flooded my apartment. they did not clean the apartment correctly at that time. My water heater broke down stairs 4 months ago And flooded my apartment. I notified the office and they came in and said I don’t have mold. When the carpet cleaning company came to suck up the water both times they didn’t dry it properly. I have had pneumonia for ten months. I have been on antibiotics and steroids 32 times. I t didn’t help I still have it. I finally moved out. I hired a lawyer and have cat scans every month. My doctor sees the the pneumonia sitting in my right lung and thinks cancer is behind it. I don’t know think my doctor is doing a good job cuz he doesn’t know how I got sick. I’m getting a second opinion this week. My body feels like something is eating me from the inside out. I found black mold. When I slept in my bed I threw up every nite, it’s black stuff or red crap. Every night for three month. I started sleeping in living room and the area throwing up stopped. I go to my primary doctor, my neurologist, and a Pulmonologist.

I AM LOOKING FOR A LAWYER THAT WILL TAKE A CASE FOR ME AGAINST EXXON OIL COMPANY, THEY ARE CAUSING MY MOLD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR WETLAND NEXT DOOR TO MY HOUSE , PLEASE CALL ME AT 985-758-2205 OR 504-722-0302

I am interest to know my right as a renter with a house taken over by mold. Do they just kick you out. I don’t have a first and last plus down payment. I’ve been here 5 years. A couple thins we have pointed out to owner.

Our bedroom, the wall behind our bed is very cold and gets damp when it rains. I had to replace a lot of really nice furniture because they were on the floor and fell apart or just completely unusable. It was all mold. We have green mold, black mold, and green plants in the wall.

Our bathroom would be completely back if we didn’t clean it with bleach every other day. My husband had to replace the shower floor because it fell apart. In the show, it broke and we fell. Small but just enough to slip and fall. The wall had to be replaced in a spot because it came through it. The flooring is always wet or damp. Some of it is coming up with more mold under.

Family room, I thought it would be safe so I had some nice furniture and didn’t put plastic under it. The wall doesn’t hit an inside wall so I thought I was ok. Nope…..all furniture ruin and replaced, this time with plastic under.

Guest bathroom. Yes discussing also…I’m always bleach bleach bleach. It get so black around edge of room

By family room, there is a skylight. You can actually see plaint bubble because of rain. About half is fallen on us already. We have to put a bucket because it leaks in 4 spots. Right by my couch.

I don’t know much of mold but this entire house could literally fall if there was a really big rain. It’s everywhere.

I have miscarried three times, my daughter has sever asthma, and my husband has a percent cuff but he won’t go to doctor.

I don’t want to be left out in the rain until I save up enough to find another home. I’m on social security so I’m on a very tight budget

Any ideas are welcome.

Hi my landlord knew the same week I moved in his mobile home the Celine and window is leaking. Mold inspector came out and said its dangerous and think my family is sick… So much other too much to type.

Back in Aug 2012 I moved into an apartment with my mom. In Jan the next year my mom got really sick went in to the hospital and it wasn’t looking good. She finally got out but is not the same. She was in there for almost 2 weeks in icu. She had some problems before but she was still able to work. Now she can’t even do the dishes without having taking a lot of breaks. She is having to wear oxygen 24/7. Since then she is in and out of the hospital every like 6 months. Now June 2016 she spent a week in the hospital then was transferred to a nursing home for 20 days and was doing the best she ever has been home for 4 days and she is back to doing really bad. She can’t even talk without losing her breath. I have come to the conclusion that it must be something in the house i’m guessing mold. She was fine July 2012 and has been sick the 4 years she has lived in that apartment

My husband has been coughing for almost two years…he’s been hospitalized for it. I have horrible joint pain, we are both fatigued. This all started when we moved into our condo. I called the realtor and she told me there had been a leak in the condo. They did not disclose this. Last weak a pipe broke in our garage. The restoration workers pulled the ceiling down and found “old black mold” …not caused by the current leak. I’m afraid the mold is in other parts of the condo that we cannot see. We feel compelled to move but how do we fix this mess so no one else has this issue? Can we sue the realtor and previous owner?

Mold has been around a LOOOOOONG time. Actually, before humans. Up until about 10-15 years ago, it was not a big deal and nobody ever got sick until the douchebag lawyers decided to cash in. Rental owners insurance companies then covered it, and the tenant attorney would be able to make easy money by filing claims. Then insurance companies dropped the coverage from General Liability policies so they would have to sue the landlords directly. Guess what? the landlords didn’t pay out as easily, and the greedy douchebags had to actually work for the money. And of course the amount of mold lawsuits went way way down.

I moved in to my apartment on March 9, 2016. The first week in we had on major flood from the upstairs bathroom in to ours downstairs from their tub. The seal had corroded and gave way. We had 3 inches of water and soap. I called emergency maintenance, they fixed the seal upstairs but did not open the ceiling of our unit to dry it out and fix any mold issues. 2 weeks later the master bath did the same thing, except this time water seeped through the drywall from the tub upstairs, and caused a 4 foot bubble in the latex paint over the master bath. Again, emergency maintenance came out, stuck his finger in the latex paint to drain the water, patched it up and painted. I asked about opening up the ceiling to dry it out and look for water damage/mold. He said it didn’t need to be done. We know first hand how damaging to ones health and personal items mold and pores can be. My son moved out after the 3rd week because he and I were having bad medical symptoms from this. We lived this nightmare 5 years ago in a house. Upon genetic testing then, I passed a gene on to my son and that gene, we cannot live in or around toxic mold. FF to week number 5 in the apartment, the a/c condenser is in the ceiling of the master closet. It started leaking water and a black greasy substance in to the closet on the floor and clothes. Again emergency maintenance came in, said the pan was bent in the ceiling, bent it back and left. That did not work. After 4 months of trying to get maintenance out to fix over 9 hazards in this apartment, it took over 5 months to get anything done. And we still have issues. After 5 months of being sick with migraines, itchy skin, yeast on my tongue, memory loss, blurred vision, stuffy nose, bloody nose, coughing non stop, red, itchy eyes, swollen eyes, and much more, I called in a professional company to test for mold in the air (spores) and physical mold. The management at the apartments (despite my results coming back positive for stachybotrys, aspergillum, penicillan, and 2 other toxic spore and physical samples) the management here is trying to evict us and not fix or remediate the unit. I have to throw away all of my personal belongings, and find a new safe place to live. In one sentence management offered us a new clean updated unit, and then 5 minutes later said they will evict us. I was served an unlawful detainer and filed an answer to go to court. I will not just up and leave this unit because they will just cover it all up and rent to someone who may possibly become even more ill than I am, or maybe a child who has asthma comes in here and dies, i’m sick over this. I have been in contact with an attorney in my area, but have not signed anything, as he is going over everything. I NEED AN ATTORNEY ASAP who will fight for me and my family. This is not right, nothing about this is right.

I live in Houston, TX in an apartment. The bathroom ceiling leaked through and the finally repaired oit. They didn’t fix the upstairs leak and after several months it rotted through again. They put a piece of cardboard over the hole in the ceiling, for several month and repaired the upstairs leak. All of the rusted and moldy stuff fell into my tub when they did. Plus they had cut holes in the wall several times due to the toilet clogging. Every place they repaired, plus the ceiling line is totally black. When they “fixed”‘replaced the sheetrock, they just threw it in a garbage can and drug it through my apartment. The used no HAZMAT precautions. Now they say they are coming in the morning to remediate. I sent a sample from the last sheetrock and it came back positive for black mold. My son and I are having multiple symptoms. No one will help me. The City of Houston won’t come check it. Neither will management. The refuse to move me. They refuse to help w/the cost of moving. I live of Social Security. I am 68 years old.

Most of the posts here I see involve slum lords who in most cases, knew about the black mold and painted over it.Then when tenant complains they find a way to kick you out–or make you glad you could terminate lease early–leaving all evidence behind for next unsuspecting renter. You can leave IF you even have the ENERGY to leave!!! But PRESERVE evidence before you go. Pay $200 for a professional mold remediation company to come out and do whatever air quality and mold tests you can afford. Call around for a certified person. I was so upset when I figured out I had my thyroid removed over this–I hired TWO companies just to preserve my own proof (any decent lawyer will need) and what they found in my rental was mind blowing. Fiberglass, Cellulose and three forms of toxic mold in the filthiest HVAC system ever on the planet. They were able to take photos and prove my landlord had four previous water damage lines on walls, and AC Duct tape showed the dates!!! They were able to see no one had even cleaned the main AC cage in 4 years, So you must establish yourself because no one will do it for you. If the landlord bothered to get a report they are never going to show it to you anyways, Get your OWN reports and pretend you own home if need be. I found a few mold remediation that did not care I was a renter–some are cheap some outrageous price, same type service so call around. What I was breathing in was unreal and Landlord can be criminally negligent if they knew. When landlord blamed ME I located former tenant who happily supported my claims. Also keep and date any air filters with videos of you installing them and removing them a few days later. This is going to help prove WHAT was in your lungs or nose even after you have left your mold palace. Better if you have a witness stick them in and remove them. Protect them in clear plastic as you see Miami Vice plastic bag stuff. I am able to take these to my Doctors appointments and then they “get it.” What is on the AC filters is in you. You must connect the home to YOU and not easy to do if you are on the street, Connect dirty home to you before you move.

After you know WHAT toxins you are being exposed too–have a Doctor swab your saliva and noses for mycotoxins and whatever else they can do. Keep a diary and EVERY Doctor visit and report in one neat pile and do not loose that pile. I kept the air quality reports, with my Medical Records and pretty much in order, as well as ANY evidence I could take with me-that I made sure was documented by other people willing to help. Also keep any related expenses in same pile. I even went by after I did move and grabbed what garbage she had set out for garbage men, This was all the black mold drywall!!! I took a photo of it sitting there as garbage and free game. My endless prescriptions had been mailed there and she had put them in the garbage…

Number one thing you will be told by EVERYBODY is MOVE. I resented this the most because I was too SICK TO MOVE!!! But I did began feeling 50% better the moment I was out of there. I went to a hotel for a week to SEE if I felt better and I sure did. Prior to that test, I could not even lift my head to get out of bed, eyes were blood shot and blood pressure 200/100 I was a walking stroke ALL YEAR. Only when I began hoteling it did it start to drop. Also any swabs on you or your family have taken BEFORE you move. Once you are away from exposure all the nightmares do begin to end and much is no longer in your system to prove it was ever there,

But bottom line, even with ALL this focused effort…in FLORIDA – Mold is so part of Florida most Lawyers and Doctors know it is too vague. It is in everything we eat. I had to focus on Fiberglass in lungs, cellulose and the odd fact I had a year and a half left on my lease which was of value. So I had to go after odd areas to rail the evil landlord who knew she did not have to call her homeowners, knew they were NEVER going to cover her negligence, such as not water proofing home–knew she did not have to really do much but maybe fix a roof leak (Code Enforcement made her do anything exterior) but anything interior–I really have an uphill battle. You should have had your own contents insurance. But being sick is on the owner if you can prove it. Former tenants can be awesome and your best case.

If there is black mold in your place there is LOTS of other stuff also. Keep careful records, document EVERYTHING you can before you collapse. Because no one is really going to care unless you appear to have DATA in your hand. At minimum I am suing for moving expenses, cleaning expenses, rent differences in this market (my home is $500 more a month to rent now-of I could find a comparable) and I had 18 months left on my lease. There are very few laws that protect the tenant but Florida Statute ALLOWS you to terminate lease if landlord fails to cure water damage so do NOT let Landlord me you think you are being done a favor. 83.63 allows you to go without worry–but have a lawyer send Landlord a letter in writing. A lawyer can begin with a seven day demand letter, demanding they fix the issue (this at least buys you time) but chances are a toxic home will take a lot longer than that. Mentally preparing to MOVE and DOCUMENTING and PRESERVING everything I could in one big pile helped as well as moving although that was the hardest and I had to rehome my dog (who was also sick all year) and so on.

I was sold a mobile home that the owner was paid and ordered to destroy. She sold it to me and said nothing about the mold what can I do to get my money back and make sure she does not do this to anyone else. Was this legal can she get in trouble by the insurance company for selling it instead of destroy it since she was paid to destroy it.

My wife and I just had a new house built two years ago and we found mold growing on the outside of the house
The company that built it has since went out of business under the name they used when they built our house
I called them,They said they would send someone out to look at it-BUT guess what no one has called or showed up——-WE Need An Attorney like Asap

We have lived in this trailer, it had leaked prior to us moving. About 2 yrs ago it got worse. Landlord patched it but it started leaking again. 10 months ago my husband had pnemonia, the deadly kind he survived. At this time when it rained it was raining in the house. Our furniture is ruined. My husband has had pnemonia 3 times and bronchitis once in 10 months. We quit paying rent to get his attention. We had caught up, still he says he don’t have money to repair. So we stopped again. Now he is evicting us, and says he is not to blame for my husbands sickness. We have over 25,000 in unpaid medical bills. What can I do.

Ive been in my apartment for 6months now. When I moved in, all seemed well. Two days after I began smelling that stale pungent smell asscociated with mold. I told the property manager about it. She did nothing. I’ve been telling her that there is a leak in the bathroom wall. The maintenance man came and fixed the leaky faucet but did nothing about the leak in the wall. I then noticed that there was mold on the inside of the cabinet where my air conditioning unit sits. Not only is there mold, but the unit is old and is leaking. The maintenance man was dispatched again and this time, he sprayed the mold with bleach left and came back the next day and sprayed some kind of chemical, painted the wall inside the cabinet and left. Well, no one bothered to check the vents, listen for the leak in the wall. The property manager was suppose to come and inspect the apartment but has not done so. That was three weeks ago. I have done all I can do. Should I now call code enforcement? Please advise. I’ve broken out and now am very tired all of the time and I have this wicked cough with to much mucus in my lungs. I did not go through this much drama when I was in the service

i believe there’s a mold issue where i live in a condo. i’m tired all the time, my son now has an ulcer, etc. we moved into a place that was never cleaned and the sink was full of black gunk and still is, i refused to clean it because my landlord should have, i now have to move . am i responsible to clean this junk which i did actually try to do but stopped because i was worried about cleaning black sludge. ive been to my dr with weird rashes, mood swings, asthma/ allergies , etc. my son sleeps a lot and has stomach problems. we need a lawyer just for the emotional distress of living here never mind the mold, etc. i’m mad we even moved into this crappy place and our health is at risk and we have no where to go and no money to move/ my landlord thinks this place is a high end apt!

We have mold bad in our place we rent and we told the landlord so many times his answer was move out but weirdest thing ever just recently started happening maybe a lil over a month ok I thought I was going crazy and I finally thought maybe I am cause I looked up what I was going thro and nothing came up besides a mental illness so I guess I was crazy until something finally poped up on internet there always felt like something was crawling on me but I couldn’t see anything my sheets blankets couch’s pillows would move but didn’t c anything well I’m not cazy come to find out it’s a kind mold with mites now I need to know how to get rid of it

Thanks for sharing. Black mold appeared in our bathroom some time ago. How can I check if it is toxic? My wife is very worried about this.

Thanks,
Daniel

I have been trying since 2017 have a lawyer to take my case. I was exposed to mold awhile living in apartment in Florida. My husband and I had to move out of our apartment quickly because my health was going down hill fast. I had two syncope and without speaking voice for one year. Our former blame us for it.