Bad Faith Insurance in Mold Litigation

photo-3icFendicor the better part of a decade, indoor air quality issues have been a focus of the technical, scientific and medical communities. Until recently, however, indoor air quality complaints have not been a major factor in toxic tort litigation. Mold has changed this dramatically.

Panic over the presence and potential effects of mold has erupted into a mad scramble of activity on many fronts: sampling, testing, analysis, remediation, potential health effects and responsibility. From within this maze, insurance claims arise. Insurers, caught up in the flurry of mold panic, have been accused of handling these claims in "bad …