Jury Awards $2.3 Million to Sacramento Family Displaced by Mold

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California state court jury found the insurer for a Sacramento couple guilty of bad faith and negligence in hiring remediation contractors and awarded family members more than $2.3 million in damages on May 1. Harold v. California Casualty Insurance Co., et al., No. 02AS04291 (Calif. Super., Sacramento Cty.).

Sacramento County Superior Court jurors ended an eight-week trial before Judge Michael P. Kenney by finding California Casualty Insurance Co. substantially liable for the negligence of a contractor plaintiffs claimed had no mold remediation experience and whose work caused them to permanently vacate their home five years ago …