Verdict for Plumbing Contractor in Las Vegas Trial

LAS VEGAS - Jurors in a Clark County (Nev.) court ended a 12-day trial on Sept. 6 by finding unanimously for national plumbing contractor RCR Plumbing Inc. on a condominium resident's claims of illness from mold exposure. Ramos v. RCR Plumbing, et al., No. 02-A-456334-C (Nev. Dist., Clark Cty.).

Post-trial motions are pending and information will be provided as it becomes available.

Plaintiff Jose Ramos complained that he was hospitalized twice when his asthma was aggravated in 2002, and again in 2003, because of mold in his condominium. Ramos contended that his condominium unit had elevated levels of stachybotrys, penicillium …