Public School Employee Sues School Board/District for Alleged Mold-Related Personal Injuries

ALEXANDRIA, La. - A public school employee in Alexandria, La., has sued the parish school district and school board, alleging that exposure to "toxic mold" in her office caused her to suffer various injuries from gastritis and abdominal pain to breathing difficulties and lung infection. Peggy Bergeron v. Rapides Parish Board of Education and the Rapides Parish Public School System, No. 213,962 (La. Dist. Ct., 9th Jud. Dist., Rapides Parish).

According to a petition filed July 29 in the 9th Judicial District Court of the Parish of Rapides, and amended Aug. 22, exposure to mold-contaminated ceiling tiles in the school …