Miss. Supreme Court Says Workers’ Comp Sole Remedy for Office Staff’s Mold Claims

JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered office workers’ mold claims against their former employer dismissed, saying that because the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that their employer intentionally injured them by exposing them to mold, chemical remedies or sewer gas, their sole avenue for damages is through the workers’ compensation system.

The high court also held Sept. 5, however, that there was an insufficient basis on which to dismiss similar claims against landlord defendants, and the court declined to consider their interlocutory appeal.

Plaintiffs Cherie B. Blackmore and Diane Young sued the law firm of Vaughn Bowden …