Appeals Court: Mold/Illness Causal Link Too Tenuous, But Question Of Habitability Remains

AUBURN, Calif. - While an appeals court affirmed a trial court's ruling that the causal link between mold exposure and personal injury was too tenuous to impose liability on the defendants in a landlord/tenant dispute, the appeals court also ruled that the question of habitability of the rental property must be determined by the trial court. Christine Dick, plaintiff, cross-defendant, and appellant, v. Pacific Heights Townhouses, et al., defendants and respondents; Huber Property Management, defendant, cross-complainant, and respondent, No. C037044 (Super. Ct. No. SCV-7526) (Calif. App. Ct., 3rd App. Dist., Placer).

According to the Sept. 25 opinion by California's 3rd …