Home Inspectors - Beware Of Mold Lawsuits!
Home Inspectors - Beware Of Mold Lawsuits! Posted in October 30th, 2008 Category:Homes Let us start by saying that mold inspection is not an exact science and its detection can be quite tricky. Mold likes to play hide and seek. In this business one cannot assume [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 15:31:30
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Mold: Toxic Menace or Life on Earth?
While I was gone, I missed a great (and long) story in the LA Weekly (here) ... the kinds of illnesses claimed in successful lawsuits at the height of the mold rush. "These case ... about the mom who turned mold "toxic," creating a storm of lucrative litigation out of fear [more...]
Date: 2008-08-19 18:06:04
Harwood Files Lawsuits Today - 80 people are being represented in the toxic mold and lead claim
Harwood Files Lawsuits TodayJune 9, 2008 – 1:01 pm Significant challenges now face Prestige and Casale today as numerous protests now continue to loom over the city (quite normal for Seattle) but HU [more...]
Date: 2008-06-09 21:27:37
Pierce County Housing Authority opts to go bankrupt
The Pierce County Housing Authority prefers to declare bankruptcy rather than fight multiple lawsuits over a mold-ridden apartment complex in Puyallup. [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 14:36:53
Seven Reasons Conservatives Should for Vote for McCain Over Obama
The following list was originally posted to Free Republic by Hugin as Five Reasons Conservatives Should Vote for McCain over Hillary or Obama ... that if McCain does appoint any Supreme Court Justices in the Scalia/Thomas/Alito mold, they will ever ... banning of out of production models), lawsuits against manufacturers, local gun bans, and renewing [more...]
Date: 2008-07-08 18:12:22
Does mold make you sick? Doctors seek answers (Reuters)
Does mold make you sick? Doctors seek answers (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com – Reuters - Fungus expert Joan Bennett did not believe in so-called toxic mold -- the cause of "sick building syndrome" and many lawsuits -- until her New Orleans home was flooded during [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 20:11:18
Yang’s messages carry on
Even though Jerry Yang is gone, the messages he put into place at Yahoo aren’t, according to Brad Williams, VP of corporate communications at Yahoo ... initiatives will still mold much of the company’s messaging, he added. Those include, making ... lawsuits: Never mindThe recent flurry of lawsuits between Penn Schoen & Berland (PSB) and former [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 21:28:06
I feel like we really got taken when we bought our house. It is full of mold, and our neighbors say the previous owners knew it. What kind of money damages are available if my family and I file a lawsuit against the people who sold us a house with an undisclosed mold problem?
Your possible claims would be for personal injuries, diminution in property value, medical bills, mental anguish, lost wages, ... and remediation costs, decontamination of personal property, and attorney fees. That could really add ... , will relate to the severity of your claims. For example, if the house is overrun with mold because [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 05:15:31
Meyers unleashes broadside against Vo
There was never any doubt that Hubert Vo’s reputation as a slumlord would become the major issue in the 149th District race ... , mold-invested and damaged dry-wall, broken windows and unsecured vacant units. The lawsuits ... included stark details of residents’ complaints: Lawsuits on file at the Harris County Courthouse reveal [more...]
Date: 2008-07-09 14:59:09
Payback time
HERE'S my gut reaction to the weekend’s historic decisions by the US financial authorities ... call “Pay Back Time”. Executives hounded by lawsuits for years and ultimately stripped ... higher than normal. If John McCain (a man very much in the Bush mold on this score) is elected [more...]
Date: 2008-09-21 22:40:51
"Payback Time"
Richard Baldwin: Payback time, Free Exchange: Here's my gut reaction to the weekend’s historic decisions by the US financial authorities ... by lawsuits for years and ultimately stripped of their personal wealth. Just the sort of step that might ... very much in the Bush mold on this score) is elected, we can expect more blind trust in unregulated [more...]
Date: 2008-09-21 22:06:00
Inn housekeeper sues Paso’s traveling zoo
A Paso Robles-based educational traveling zoo is named as a defendant in a Florida lawsuit with a Hampton Inn employee who claims remnants of its ... feces, monkey dander and other alleged hazards from the exotic guests after cleaning rooms rented ... nonnative pets Hissing Cockroaches Are Popular, But They Also Host Potent Mold Allergens Monkey Uses [more...]
Date: 2008-10-12 04:06:46
Preventing Lawsuits - A Landlord’s Guide
The sad and scary truth is that landlords walk this earth with a giant target sign on them, shouting “SUE ME! ... out your property, consider having a mold inspection performed, to warn you if there might be an issue. You should ... simply moving from house to house, suing each new landlord in turn for lead paint, and then simply [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 10:34:16
Managing Real Estate Property in these Economic Crisis
Property management is a comprehensive field. Experienced property managers are contracted today not only for their vast real estate knowledge, management skills and insights (learned from experience) in ensuring proper building administration but also in ensuring that tenants who lease spaces obtain the services they were guaranteed to get, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 10:35:39
Guru Q&A: Does Renters Insurance Cover Mold and Marijuana Damage?
FiLife User Question: I have a rental home in Las Vegas that was raided because the renter was growing marijuana in the attic now there is a mold ... it . . mine specifically excludes “mold, fungus or wet rot.” You are going to want to fix the problem quickly though — mold is one of those problems that gets worse the longer that you ignore it. I used [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 22:41:13
Newsweek - Why We Believe
Bigfoot, Nessie, ghosts, angels, God, whatever - the human propensity to believe in that which cannot be seen or proven is mind boggling to some people. But there are those who have studied why we believe, and it seems we are hard-wired for belief.Today being Halloween and all, seems like a good day to post this [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 12:37:00
Single versus Multi-Asset Borrowers
One of the most irritating workouts I’ve participated in happened in Los Angeles in 1992 while I was Assistant Director of Special Assets at Home ... -inflicted.We had made 17 loans secured by apartment buildings to Shashikant Jogani. At the time, Shashi was one of the largest apartment owners in Southern California. From a later court filing: In 1979 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 21:10:00
What Is The Best Home Based Business Opportunity For Me After Failing At One
There is a good chance that most of you have been in this situation where you have gone through months or maybe years working on a business, but it falls flat on its face. “It isn’t me!” you tell yourself. Well the sad truth is you are probably to blame in some regards, but you can’t put that pressure on yourself [more...]
Date: 2008-09-20 02:09:01
Mold Consumes Newly Built Home; Health Issue For Family
From WCIV TV Channel 4, ABC, Charleston, SC A Daniel Island family is struggling with mold taking over their home and it’s affecting their ... like now. Mold is beneath the carpets, in the wall and its making his family sick. His 3-year-old ... this,” Allen added. Tracthousing.jpg The mold filled Allen house is relatively new and not too [more...]
Date: 2008-06-15 19:37:35
RIAA Backs Off from Suing Individuals…But Why?
Just in time for the holidays, the Recording Industry Association of America announced it will cease filing new lawsuits against individuals it ... with lawsuits already filed, new ones have not been filed since August. This move comes after 5 years of suing ... with a new business plan remains to be seen.The RIAA is likely abandoning new lawsuits for [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 20:07:20
Achieving a Pan-Secessionist Critical Mass
Of all the contemporary scholars and theorists of the state of which I am aware, the one whose work I find by far the most compelling is the Dutch-Israeli military historian Martin Van Creveld. It is his position that the conventional nation-state system that emerged from the time of the Treaty of Westphalia is rapidly becoming a thing of the [more...]
Date: 2008-07-24 03:29:10
Asbestos—100 Percent All Natural…
…no artifical byproducts or flavorings and despite all that, it’s none-to-good for you ... ve seen scares over lead based paint, asbestos, radon gas, toxic mold, radon gas again (it could ... material can be legally performed by homeowners, regular contractors, or licensed asbestos abatement [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 03:47:30
What would happen if you ate one of those silica gel packets?
Well, for one thing, you’d be eating a misnomer. Silica gel isn’t actually a gel, but a granular form of silicon dioxide (SiO2) ... in museums and libraries to guard against rust, corrosion, tarnishing, mildew, mold and spoilage. Risk Assessment So what happens if you decide to defy the warning on the packet, defy the social [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 03:07:55
Yikes! There’s Mold in My House
These days, nothing strikes fear into a homeowner’s heart like the news that mold has been found in their house ... of California Department of Health does not recommend testing for mold contamination because ... that I am also among the legions of mold non-experts who have voiced their opinions on the subject [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 14:44:56
Why We Believe
This is a recent news article in Newsweek about what science has found regarding paranormal beliefs. I thought it was interesting.Why We BelieveBelief in the paranormal reflects normal brain activity carried to an extreme.By Sharon Begley | NEWSWEEKPublished Oct 25, 2008From the magazine issue dated Nov 3, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 17:56:00
About Suffering
It's far easier to speak about suffering when it isn't your own. It's far easier to be an encourager when you are sitting comfortably, looking over at the person, or persons, who are hanging on by a thread. It's that ivory tower mentality that gets us in trouble. So this is not from my tower. It's up close and personal [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 22:10:25
December 2008 Early Indications: The Predictions Issue
Given a year in which oil prices inflicted broad economic pain -- then fell $100 a barrel, a Republican president nationalized key banks, and an African-American first-term U.S. Senator won the presidency, it's pretty tough to predict the encore. Volatility is obviously on everyone's mind, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 18:25:00
Poverty And The Bible
Here is some research on poverty from a few semesters back, please forgive the non-conversational style and poor proofreading. “You will always have the poor among you.” This axiom of Christ has been confirmed throughout the ages. But the scriptures teach much more about poverty than one verse [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 12:59:28
Gas Can Lawsuits
Manufacturing and design defects common in many portable gasoline containers can result in severe injuries and burns for young children as well as ... and injuries from spills or gas can explosions. STATUS OF GAS CAN LITIGATION: Lawsuits ... of children. Failure to warn and design defect lawsuits have been brought against manufacturers of portable [more...]
Date: 2008-07-22 16:53:56
Cha$e combines Manhunt & Running Man
A review of the “real life videogame reality TV show”Welcome to a reality show that is a cross between real life pac-man, metal gear solid, laser tag and capture the flag rolled into one. I was playing basketball the other day, and a childhood friend told me I had to watch this new reality TV show on Sci-Fi called 'Cha$e' [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 13:36:00
We have spent almost 2 years going back and forth with our insurance company about who is responsible for the mold problem in our house. Is it too late to file a lawsuit against all the possible responsible parties, including our own insurer?
Every state has a statute of limitations, which is commonly from one to three years from the date the problem is discovered ... lawsuits. However, insurers often assert numerous defenses to mold-related claims, some of which ... a lawsuit. After that, your claim will be completely barred. When facing a mold claim [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 05:26:53
Home Owner Insurance - Don’t Make Costly Mistakes
Home owner insurance is supposed to give you a peace of mind that you will be protected in the event that anything damaging or disastrous happens to ... plumbing. Mold and mildew damage are now excluded from coverage in many insurance policies ... your home. However, you cannot just assume that if you have a home owner insurance policy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 12:18:51
Need Doesn’t Change Value In Florida
The News Journal reports from Florida. “The glut of unsold real estate on the local market has begun to shrink, but that doesn’t mean more houses are getting sold. The inventory of homes, condominiums, businesses and lots being marketed by agents in Volusia and Flagler counties hit a record 9, [more...]
Date: 2008-06-16 13:38:38
HOLIDAY INN: Franchisors Must Protect Their Brands
Related: HOLIDAY INN: Defranchising a PA Dutch Country Icon WORDLESS WEDNESDAY: Save the Amish (Sign)! ... , state health officials conducted a follow-up inspection at the hotel, documenting 67 state health code ... The health inspection documented that, due to a broken walk-in cooler, food was being stored [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 20:17:43
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Date: 2009-01-07 10:38:00
Future of news, if any
"Networking, Ad Revenue and Reinvention", by my blog friend Newscoma on the new site NewsTechZilla, which she shares with a partner, has me thinking about the parlous future of the news business. It costs money to find out the facts, and yet hardly anyone is willing to pay for it.Reader unwillingness to pay is not new [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 20:12:00
10 Tips For Landlords
Being a landlord , if you are going to lease your property for the first time, then you must be aware of certain tips and tricks. These will help you to avoid unwanted circumstances regarding your property. By following these you can maintain a hassle free professional relationship with your tenants. 1 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 18:38:02
Mold problems and flooding: Lessons to be learned from Katrina
One of the places I have attended college over the years of advanced education is Iowa City ... . I also have experienced mold problems because I lived in a house that had mold and the landlady refused to acknowledge it or address it. I also worked in a hospital that had the signs of black mold growing [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 13:31:26
How to Say Goodbye to Mold With Right Mold Remediation Products
What do you know about Mold? Well, you may not know everything there is to know, but you should know about how to eliminate them. Anti mold products to the rescue! Reportedly, in the United States, a lot of lawsuits raged on in many courtrooms just because of mold. Yes, because of mold. Mold might seem harmless enough [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 08:39:27
The Axis of Taxes & The End of Prosperity
There is a chill in the air infidels and it ain't the weather. If the polls are right and barring a Harry Truman like upset, the country will elect its first socialist President. It's a sign of what happens when people get panicked. They make rash decisions [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 13:52:35
Citigroup’s Bailout: Outrageous or Courageous?
In 1997, when then-Travelers CEO Sandy Weill agreed to a $70 billion stock swap with Citicorp, he called Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin to let him know. When told Weill had important news, Rubin quipped in reference to Weill’s ambitions, “You’re buying the government? [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 15:50:15
Citigroup’s Bailout: Outrageous or Courageous?
In 1997, when then-Travelers CEO Sandy Weill agreed to a $70 billion stock swap with Citicorp, he called Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin to let him know. When told Weill had important news, Rubin quipped in reference to Weill’s ambitions, “You’re buying the government? [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 18:43:00
Front Loading Washers Have A Love Affair With Mold [Appliances]
Consumer Reports says that despite the fact that front-loading washers are more efficient than traditional top-loading washers, they do have one major drawback. Mold. And the problem is severe enough ... room is damp. If you see mold buildup in a front-loading washer, call the manufacturer for service [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 18:34:30
New China Buyers Q&A from the HK GS Sourcing Fair
is corruption endemic?” is only half of the question. The full question should have been: “is corruption and the subsequent cover up endemic in China?” More than the actual milk scandal, the cover up is what hurts China’s soft power and reputation. This James Fallows article says the same thing [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 02:11:42
Wall-E on Blu-ray
Wall-E Makes Blu Look GoodSurprisingly enough, I got my Black Friday goodies from Amazon on Thursday but I won't be getting Prince of Persia until Wednesday. Go figure. I'm not complaining though because I was more excited about getting Wall-E on Blu-ray, to be honest [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 08:48:00
Anybody Tired Of The Lincoln Obama Comparisons Yet? I Know I Sure Am
The Obama Media Arm of America has been taking it's marching orders directly from the Obama media manipulation office as predicted, ever since Obama and his PR peeps cleverly chose Springfield so garishly as his site to open his campaign a year a half ago [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 06:38:00
FABIANS have caused enough Damage to Britain- Our kids are now Hurting it HAS TO STOP NOW!
The UK and the US: Same Revolution, Different Consequences? By A. Millar Created 2008-11-12 09:39 With the election of Barack Obama, the “issue of race” has come to the fore once again in America’s media. In “multicultural” Britain it has long been a staple of the news [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 17:09:59
Digital Security Systems files patent infringement suit against major Blu-ray players
Filed under: Industry, Misc, Blu-ray We've witnessed a few lawsuits related to Blu-ray, but this is the first one we can recall that perfectly fits the "patent troll" mold. The Patent Prospector has it that Acacia subsidiary Digital Security Systems is suing a smorgasbord of big BD [more...]
Date: 2008-08-15 16:58:00
Like ants. Really dumb ants. - Berg/COLB update
For those both stubborn and soft in the head, who are willing to believe anything no matter how stupid, I present this short course in "What you Must Believe to Be a Birther". You must believe Obama was born in Kenya. And Hawaii. And maybe even Canada [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 04:23:17
Homeowner Begs Bank To Foreclose
Here is a new twist: Someone so desperate to get rid of a house he is begging to be foreclosed. The story comes from the Sun-Sentinel ... . The repairs are done, but he's still tied up in lawsuits with his condo association. He's begging the bank [more...]
Date: 2008-06-23 08:53:22
