Detroit Air Traffic Controllers Say Workplace Mold Causing Illness

DETROIT - Air Traffic Controllers at the Detroit Metro Control Tower filed a personal injury lawsuit on Sept. 14, alleging that the Federal Aviation Administration's efforts to remove workplace mold have failed and they are continuing to get sick as a result. Bennett, et al. v. MIS Corp., et al., No. 07-724015-NO (Mich. Cir. Ct., Wayne Cty.).

The 20 plaintiffs include traffic controllers and, in some cases, their spouses, who say that remediation of mold conditions at the Detroit airport since 2004 has allowed mold spores to spread throughout the building and has caused an increase in symptoms and ongoing …