$13 Million from Lumberyard Brings Calif. Settlement to $22.6 Million

LOS ANGELES - A California family accepted $13 million from a lumber company in mid-trial to complete a $22.6 million settlement with their home's contractors and suppliers over mold contamination blamed for a child's severe brain injury. Gorman v. Komick & Bourgeois, et al., No. YC 043 494 (Calif. Super. Ct., Los Angeles Cty.).

Attorney Brian D. Witzer, who represented Gary Gorman, his wife Dana M. Pace and their three children, declined to identify the settling lumber company, but said, 'we hope this settlement sends a signal to lumber yards nationwide to treat mold growth issues seriously and establish policies …