Jury Hands Up Landmark $2.7 Million Mold-Related Personal Injury Award

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A jury has awarded $2.7 million to a family that claimed it suffered severe mold-related injuries after moving to their California apartment building. Darren Mazza, et al. v. Raymond Schurtz, et al., No. 00AS04795 (Calif. Super. Ct., Sacramento Cty.).

The Sacramento County Superior Court jury unanimously found for the plaintiffs on their claims for negligence, breach of contract, implied warranty of habitability, nuisance, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and constructive eviction.

Darren and Marcie Mazza, along with their six-year-old son Bryce, moved into the Partridge Pointe Apartments in Sacramento, Calif., in August 1997. Six months after moving …