Mold Personal Injury Case Settles 'On the Courthouse Steps'

OSKALOOSA, Kan. - The case termed "the first toxic mold case to go to trial in Kansas" by the plaintiff attorney settled the week before trial for $350,000 in personal injury damages. Jerome George, et al. v. Bryant-Ratliff Construction Company, Inc., et al., No. 00CV04924 (Kan. Dist. Ct., Johnson Cty.).

The personal injury claims filed against four subcontractors who worked on a mold-contaminated house settled Sept. 5, a week before the scheduled trial date. The plaintiffs, Jerome and Lori George, had previously settled the construction defect claims with the home builder for $398,000, making a total known settlement of $748,000, …