Court Reinstates Teachers' Claims Against Contractor

MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin appellate court has reinstated personal injury claims by elementary school teachers against a building contractor, ruling that the trial court improperly dismissed the claims as time-barred instead of leaving that question to a jury. Caldwell v. J.H. Findorff & Son Inc., et al., No. 2004AP1157 (Wis. App., Dist. IV).

Sharon Caldwell and three other employees of Yahara Elementary School sued building contractor J.H. Findorff & Sons Inc., alleging they experienced respiratory and other illness as a result of mold intrusion at the school because of the company's negligent construction.

The building was completed in …