Philadelphia Mold Case Settles for $11.5 Million As Trial Begins

PHILADELPHIA - The family of a child in subsidized housing who alleged serious brain injury from mold exposure halted trial proceedings in federal court on May 3 after agreeing to an $11.5 million settlement with the Philadelphia Housing Authority and the owners and managers of the subsidized residence. McKinney, et al. v. Philadelphia Housing Authority, et al., No. 07-4432 (E.D. Pa.).

The Philadelphia Housing Authority, which is contributing $9.5 million to the settlement, has asked Judge Berle Schiller of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to vacate her April 27 order and opinion in which the …