Court Rejects Insurers' Arguments in Mold Case, Finds Personal Injury and Stress Claims May Be Recoverable in Bad Faith Action

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A Pennsylvania Common Pleas Court judge has denied motions for summary judgment filed by two insurers and adjusters they hired to assess household water- and mold-related damage that resulted in claims of personal injury, negligence and bad faith. Seymour Traub and Susan K. Traub v. Great American Insurance Companies, et al., No. 1995-C-153 (Pa. Comm. Pls., Lehigh County).

In concurrent opinions issued March 25, Judge William E. Ford of the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas found that under Pennsylvania statute, damages for personal injury and emotional stress stemming from an insurer's actions are recoverable under theories …