Del. Worker Loses Bid for Permanent Injury Status for Mold Sensitivity

WILMINGTON, Del. - A Delaware trial judge has affirmed an administrative board's rejection of permanent disability status for a former DuPont Co. employee with a sensitivity to mold that began during his DuPont employment. Pekala v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co., No. 06A-04-014WCC (Del. Super. Ct., New Castle Cty.).

Delaware Superior Court Judge William C. Carpenter Jr. said in a May 31 opinion that there was sufficient evidence to support the Industrial Accident Board's rejection of the workers' compensation claim brought against DuPont by Robert E. Pekala.

Sources told HarrisMartin Publishing that Pekala plans an appeal to the Delaware …