Teacher's Worry Over HVAC Odors Insufficient to Start the Clock

DAYTON, Ohio - An Ohio appellate court has held that a teacher's diary entries about classroom odors and her contemporaneous health problems were insufficient to trigger the two-year limitations period for tort actions. Grimme, et al. v. Twin Valley Community Local School District, No. CA2006-08-019 (Ohio Ct. App., 12th Dist.).

Ohio's 12th Appellate District said Oct. 12 in reversing summary judgment for a school district that Donna Grimme's awareness that she might be exposed to mold or toxins did not mean that she knew or should have known the source of her illness prior to a diagnosis by her physician.