Jury Finds for Defendants in Mold-Related Wrongful Death Case

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Jurors in California have returned a defense verdict in what is believed to be the first mold-related wrongful death case to go to trial in the United States, HarrisMartin Publishing is reporting. Dayton, et al. v. Highlands Mobile Home Estates, No. SCVSS655567 (Calif. Super. Ct., San Bernardino Cty.).

In a statement issued this morning, counsel for defendants in the case said a San Bernardino Superior Court jury deliberated three hours before returning a unanimous verdict yesterday for a company that sold a mobile home to one of the plaintiffs who died, allegedly as a result of …