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Residents Sue Brier Creek Home Builder Over Mold
Raleigh - The owners of a Brier Creek townhouse are suing luxury home
builder Toll Brothers over mold they say they found growing inside their walls.
Frederick and Elizabeth Nielsen accuse Toll Brothers, the developer of the golf
course community Brier Creek, of negligence, personal injury, fraud, breach of
contract and deceptive trade practices. The lawsuit alleges that Elizabeth
Nielsen, who suffers from the disease sarcoidosis, became sicker while living in
the townhouse and moved out at her doctor's suggestion.
By Kim Nilsen, Business Journal, March 14, 2003
River
Park challenges city's mold ruling
The report said that mold present in the buildings constitute an imminent health
hazard and as such pose a potential life-threatening environment for human
habitation. The report was based in part on testing conducted by ACM
Environmental Inc. of South Bend which collected surface wipe samples for mold
in the basements of the three buildings.
By Christine Harvey, Times Staff Writer, The Times Online News (Illinois), March 2, 2003
You can get better deal on home insurance
Unfortunately rate increases are expected to continue in 2003 and beyond. The
reasons for rising rates are many a flood of catastrophic losses increased costs
for repairs and replacements the continued aging of U.S. housing stock and the
emergence of claims for mold contamination. Robert P. Hartwig of the Insurance
Information Institute said mold claims cost home insurers more than 1 billion in
2001 a five-fold increase over 2000.
By Jenny Callison,
Enquirer Contributor, Cincinnati Enquirer Front Page Stories, March 2, 2003
Nurse Your Nose in
the Cold
8 HealthScoutNews - The nose
knows when it's cold. And it can suffer both indoors and out. Wintertime causes
us to spend more time indoors and therefore individuals have additional exposure
to indoor allergens including pet dander dust mites mold spores feathers and
cockroach allergen says Dr. Clifford Bassett an allergist at Long Island College
Hospital.
HealthScout Men's Health, March 2, 2003
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