Re: Toxic Tort Mold Attorney Needed

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You know, folks, I don't mean to make light of your situation.
But these toxic-mold posts are awful long. If you shorten them
a big ... well, a lot ... more people will read them, and you
will get more responses. Just a thought.

On 12/14/04, brack perry wrote:
> On 10/09/04, Deborah wrote:
>> Good Morning, I feel your pain!!!!!! We bought a house 9
>> years ago, people lied on the disclosure and the finished
>> basement flooded 2 weeks after we moved in. As well as the
>> back yard and the bath, and the roof. We spent 9 years with
>> an attorney that is a complete moran. No one wants leaky
>> house-mold cases. It is finally going to trial this month
>> and the jerk wants us to settle for $10,000. We spent that
>> in repairs not to mention we were so sick the 3 years we
>> lived there. Since then My kids and I have been diagnosed
>> with ADD. I have suffered weight gain, acne, seasonal
>> allergies worse, alot of the same issues as you. My advise
>> to you is GET OUT OF THAT HOUSE! Get it cleaned up and get
>> out. Don't try to cover it up and then sell itSome one may
>> find a good attorney and sue you. Mold and fungus will kill
>> you! It killed my dog. I resently had gotten something in my
>> skin from soil. 5 months ago I got top soil from Lowes and
>> started breaking out with "erruptions". 11 doc later and
>> still don't have a diagnosis of what it is. Probably a
>> parasite and fungus. With all of the natural antiparasitics
>> and fungal products I have used, I have had moles come off
>> my skin, the cists in my breasts have opened up and stuff
>> come out. Pinkish skin tags have come off around my eyes and
>> under arms, where scars are from c- sections. I realize now
>> that I have had fugus in my body for years and because of
>> getting what ever it is from soil, it has started bringing
>> it out. I said it killed my dog, He started getting ear
>> infections when we moved in the house, we could never
>> completely get rid of it. and it finally got in his heart
>> and we had to put him down.
>> I'm not saying don't pursue a law suit, if some will help
>> you. Research and and be very leary of false promises. It
>> cost us so much and we have gotten nothing back. Take care
>> of you family, start with nutrition, clean water and air.
>> Find a natural path to get you well. You won't get well in
>> that house, because your constantly being re-exposed. If you
>> need any suggestions, I can give you some. God bless you and
>> good luck.
>> On 7/23/03, Connie Mellang wrote:
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> We are in need of a Toxic Tort Attorney. The attorney we
>>> were working with know nothing about Mold. He did not
>> want
>>> to take on the case because he did not understand mold and
>>> what it can do to an individuals health. This was our
>>> second attorney.
>>>
>>> The first attorney reviewed our records then told us,
>> after
>>> I asked her in the first place if they represent the
>>> Insurance company we are going after. Stated they could
>> not
>>> take on our case do to the fact it would be a conflict of
>>> interest.
>>>
>>> I have been looking for a Toxic Tort Mold attorney since
>>> March and in our area they are hard to find. It seams like
>>> all attorney hold hands in this area and are afraid to go
>>> after the big companies.
>>>
>>> We are looking to sue for Property Damage, Personal
>> Injury,
>>> Negligence Breach of contract, Incompetence. The
>> insurance
>>> contractors did not clean up this home properly in 1999
>> and
>>> we have just discovered we have Sick house syndrome. So we
>>> would have to go on the law of DISCOVERY.
>>>
>>> We have so much information on Micotoxin/Toxic molds.
>>> Although I spoke to one of the industrial hygienist, he
>>> feels we definitely have a case, he also feels we are up
>>> against a wall. He feels we have a very good case against
>>> the insurance company and the contractors for not doing
>> the
>>> job correctly, ending us in a Sick house syndrome of
>>> multiple molds (see list below). The Attorney and the
>>> hygienist feel we will not be able to go after them for
>>> our illnesses (listed below). We have been told by 2
>>> industrial hygienist that we MUST leave our home (do to
>>> our illnesses), which is completely paid for. We do not
>>> have the money to pick up and leave all our belongings and
>>> rent a place. We are on a very fixed income.
>>>
>>> Let me explain to you in more detail.
>>>
>>> We purchases our home in July of 1999 after having a home
>>> inspection from ______________inspection services.
>>> Inspection date 05/19/1999 - Inspector: _____________.
>>> Every thing seamed to be in order.
>>>
>>> We purchased our home owners insurance in July 1999 before
>>> the date of closing. From ____________Agent: _________ We
>>> moved from California in October 1999 and we were do to
>>> arrive on Oct. 10th. I called Cotter water company to have
>>> our water turned on, since we would be arriving on a
>>> Sunday. I spoke to a ___________ and told her to have the
>>> water company go to my neighbors across the street and get
>>> the keys to the house from her. The water company was to
>>> turn the water on 10/07/99. _____________ assured me: "The
>>> guys would not turn on the water with out looking inside
>>> and making sure there would be no water problems."
>>>
>>> On 10/8/99, my neighbor was very concerned as the water
>>> company never came to her house to pick up the key, so she
>>> decided to walk over and check out the situation. She was
>>> totally shocked to discover the water company had already
>>> been there and never checked the house out.
>>>
>>> The hot water heater had burst and water was flowing every
>>> where. the house was completely uninhabitable. Our
>> neighbor
>>> immediately contacted the water company on 10/08/99 and
>>> told them to get out here and shut the water off. She then
>>> proceeded to content our insurance company to notify them
>>> of the damage.
>>>
>>> We arrive on 10/10/99 from California, as our neighbors
>> ran
>>> out and said "You do not want to go into that house" and
>>> continued to explain the devastation.
>>>
>>> I immediately contacted ___________ to put us up in a
>> motel
>>> room for the night and was denied until they got the
>>> approval from the agent we were forced to sleep in a small
>>> dry space on the living room floor that night. The next
>> day
>>> I called the agent again __________ and we had to fight
>>> with the agent in order to get put up in a motel room
>> until
>>> they took care of the problem. (we spent 2 months in a run
>>> down motel).
>>>
>>> ____________ never came to check out the situation.
>>> _________ contacted a contractor they use, called:
>>> ________ carpet cleaning and damage restoration. Owner:
>>> ________. Clean up did not start until 10/15/99 and was
>> not
>>> complete until 12/14/99. The crew came when they wanted -
>>> spending 20 - 45 minutes most days worked our home in
>>> between jobs and took vacations.
>>>
>>> We would call ___________ and complain about the way the
>>> carpenters were treating us and how they continued to
>>> neglect the problem areas of the house. _______ would
>>> continue to back up the contractors and became very rude.
>>> So I contacted the adjuster: __________ only to find out
>> he
>>> was the ruddiest and nastiest of them all.
>>>
>>> The hot water heater was located in the main bathroom, in
>>> the middle of the house. The flood from the hot water
>>> heater covered the main bathroom, main hall way, dining
>>> room, small hall leading to the half bath and master
>>> closet. The water even traveled as far as the master
>>> bedroom, a smaller bedroom and living room..
>>>
>>> We were told the walls, carpets and floors would all have
>>> to be removed and replaced. As time went on the insurance
>>> company and contractors continually changed there minds. I
>>> recently went down in the crawl space myself, May15,
>> 2003,
>>> I needed to see what they actually replaced and to my
>>> surprise, There was a small patch, approximately 12" by
>>> 24/36" of new plywood where the hot water heater sat. Two
>> 2
>>> X 4’s holding up the plywood. There is old moldy hard wood
>>> flooring though out the rest of the house and never
>>> removed. All covered with plywood and top flooring. All
>> the
>>> contractors did was cosmetic work. The mold looked like it
>>> took off like a wild fire from where the hot water heater
>>> sat.
>>>
>>> The studs from the bathroom to the small bedroom where
>>> never removed. The small bedroom wall were never replaced,
>>> the old flooring in the dining room was never removed just
>>> covered over with plywood and floating floor. which has
>>> bucked with seams coming apart. They removed wall paper in
>>> the dining room but would not remove the old railroad
>>> siding, just covered it up with sheet rock and painted
>> over
>>> it. They used a lot of the old baseboard that had been
>>> soaked.
>>>
>>> After removing the hot water heater, the contractors were
>>> going to put it back into the bathroom which was now not
>>> code. We had to argue with the insurance company to have
>>> the water heater put in the laundry room, begged them to
>> in-
>>> case the hot water heater. They finally did what the code
>>> called for but now we find they did not put in enough
>> vents
>>> as the dust is being sucked in around the door and we also
>>> told them to brace under the water heater, to find out
>> they
>>> had ignored us completely and the heater is now falling
>>> through the floor. We also had to tell them the water
>>> heated needed to be vented outside. They were not going to
>>> do that either. We then went into the bathroom and looked
>>> up at the ceiling and they left a gapping hole where the
>>> old hot water heater sat. When we questioned them about
>> it,
>>> their comment was, "OH you want that covered to."
>>>
>>> We were told all the carpets needed to be replaced then
>>> they decided to spray and wash. The contractors put these
>>> huge fans in the kitchen to blow the air through the rest
>>> of the house to dry out the place they closed the doors
>> and
>>> left them for days. This home became a tropical
>>> environment. These contractors and the insurance company
>>> tried to cut every corner they could. Leaving us in a
>>> horrible mess and we are now suffering devastating heath
>>> problems because of it.
>>>
>>> We started getting sick, my husband, Jim ended up in the
>>> hospital on Jan 11th -- 14th. He started having fast heart
>>> rate, shortness of breath, palpitations, dizziness, panic
>>> attacks, nausea, internal shaking, stomach aches. (When
>>> ever Jims heart would start racing and the panic attack
>> set
>>> in, Jim got horrible shocks from his defibrillator. This
>>> seemed to happen when Jim was sitting in the dinning room
>>> reading or in the bath tub taking a bath. Each time Jim
>>> would end up having an ambulance rush to his aid and take
>>> him to the hospital. While in the hospital, this would
>>> never happen. Only at home) It was not his heart and the
>>> doctors did not know what to do for him so they sent him
>>> home with flu like symptoms. Jim has been in and out of
>> the
>>> hospital since then. Jim had a major heart attack in 1987,
>>> in California the doctors implanted a defibrillator -
>>> pacemaker. Jim was doing quit well until we moved into
>> this
>>> house. Jim was mowing 2 lawns, house work, reading, coming
>>> to the office to see me. taking walks. then in 2001 Jim
>>> became so ill, I was actually watching him die on the
>>> couch, begging the doctors to help him. The doctors did
>> not
>>> know what to do for him and decided to install the new
>>> technology a tri-ventricular defibrillator pacemaker
>>> implant now his heart is getting stronger BUT he is
>>> continuously sick and has difficulty breathing. He has had
>>> 4 lung tests and each time the results are better. The
>>> doctors do not know what to do for him. They are now
>>> starting to realize it must be the moldy environment we
>> are
>>> living in. Jims electrophsyologist raised his eye brows
>> and
>>> stated the environment we are living in is a concern,
>>> because his heart is getting stronger but Jims health is
>>> getting worse. Jim has seen cardiologists,
>>> electrophsyologist, pulmonary, internal medicine,
>>> radiologists. No one can figure out why he is so sick all
>>> the time.
>>>
>>> I started getting sick around the same time as my husband.
>>> I was trying to start up my business as and Enrolled Agent
>>> (professional tax preparer and bookkeeping) as I had an
>>> excellent going business in California. But as I was out
>>> walking and promoting my business, I started getting sick,
>>> I could not walk, concentrate and so on. I had to close my
>>> doors on 4/16/2000 I was unable to do my business that I
>>> was so successful doing before I moved here. I was afraid
>> I
>>> was going to put out bad or incomplete work. I then
>>> developed Breast cancer in May of 2002. I feel this is due
>>> to the mold as I do not have any family history of breast
>>> cancer. I have been seeing: cardiologists,
>> endocrinologist,
>>> oncologists, psychiatrist, physiologist, pulmonary,
>>> radiologist, internal medicine doctors, cancer surgeons,
>>> orthopedic doctors. I have been misdiagnosed and many of
>>> the doctors continue to tell me we have mold all around
>> us.
>>> It is everywhere in the world. But they will not listen, I
>>> am living in a mold infested home better known as (Sick
>>> House Syndrome, according to the hygienists that have
>>> examined our home). I just had a blood test for
>>> Aspergillus, the normal range is .6, my blood shows 30.
>>>
>>> Our dog - Sarah Jane, an English Springier Spaniel,
>> started
>>> braking out with sores all over her body. She needs a
>>> vetalog shot every month and pills about every 3 months.
>>> The scabs will not go away. This covers her entire body.
>>> She is scratching all the time and her hair continues to
>>> fall out. Sarah is 4 years old and is acting like a 10
>>> year old dog most of the time. She lays around looking
>> very
>>> sick and has no energy. (The Vet is aware of this).
>>>
>>>
>>> This is as brief a summary as I can give you. The
>> following
>>> information will help make things clearer. There are
>>> letters, complaints, a mold survey that is incomplete and
>>> inaccurate from ______ environmental hygienist. They were
>>> basing this study in the winter as of that day NOT basing
>>> the study on past history. I have been in contact with
>>> Another environmental hygienist ________. This new
>>> Hygienist (Jim) and I went over the report from the first
>>> hygienist step by step. Jim is an indoor air quality
>>> specialist, chemist, scientist and industrial hygienist. I
>>> contacted Jim to set up an appointment to assess our home.
>>>
>>> I have been searching the Internet for months. I have
>>> heard that toxic mold can cause breast cancer. I found a
>>> book on Funagalbionics called: The Fungal/Mycotoxin
>>> Etiology of Breast Cancer, Hope at Last.
>>>
>>> The authors are: A.V. Costantini, M.D. Head (Retired), h.
>>> Wieland, M.D. Head, Lars Qvick, M.D. Director. WHO
>>> Collaborating Centre for Mycotoxins in Food, Albert
>> Ludwigs
>>> School of Medicine, Freigurg, Germany.
>>>
>>> THE FUNAGALBIONIC BOOK SERIES
>>> http://members.aol.com/jfoverlag/
>>>
>>> Chapter 29 - Fungi/Mycotoxins Are The Cause Of Breast
>>> Cancer:
>>> http://members.aol.com/jfoverlag/fungalbionics/fgmyc-bc.htm
>>>
>>> Chapter 28 - Breast Cancer: Hope At Last:
>>> http://members.aol.com/jfoverlag/fungalbionics/bc-hope.htm
>>>
>>> A little over a year ago, I developed breast cancer and
>> had
>>> to have a lumpectomy and 27 lymph nods removed. I am now
>>> on Tamoxifin, which is a mold/fungus fighter for 5 years.
>>>
>>> I have been living in a mold infested home for over 3 1/2
>>> years and have recently discover this.. My husband and I
>>> are so sick, there's days we feel like we just want to die.
>>>
>>> The doctors in our area continue to misdiagnose us and
>> know
>>> nothing about mold or the harm it can cause health wise..
>>>
>>> I am looking for some SOLID information that I can take to
>>> my attorney showing Molds/Fungi/Mycotoxins can cause
>> breast
>>> cancer and other illnesses. I do not know where to go for
>>> this solid evidence. I am trying to locate one of the
>>> authors of these books but seem to come up at ground zero.
>>>
>>> After we purchased our home in Oct 1999, and just prior to
>>> moving in, our hot water heater exploded. The insurance
>>> company and contractors neglected to take care of the
>> water
>>> damage that covered over half of our home. They did not
>>> arrive for inspection for 10 days and took them 2 months
>> to
>>> complete the job. We recently found out they only removed
>>> a small portion of the flooring under the hot water tank
>>> and covering up the rest with sheet rock and flooring over
>>> the old soaked flooring. They were very rude and
>>> impossible to work with. At this point the mold is still
>>> growing rapidly under the home.
>>>
>>> I have had 2 environmental hygienists here and this is
>> what
>>> they came up with. They both suggested we move out
>>> immediately, but we do not have the resources to do so.
>> We
>>> can't even live month to month with doctor bills,
>>> medications, and normal monthly bills.
>>>
>>> These are the types of molds we have in our home:
>>> Cladosporium
>>> Penicillium
>>> Trichoderma
>>> Aureobasldium
>>> Myxolycetes
>>> Aspergillus - Nigra
>>> Aspergillus/Penicillium
>>> Rhizopus/Mucor
>>> Curvularia
>>> Acremonium
>>> Chantomium
>>> Ascospores
>>> Cuvularia
>>> Epicoccum
>>> Torula
>>> Alternaria
>>> Algae
>>> Basidiospores
>>> Bipolaris/Dreschlera
>>> Periconia/Smut
>>> Pithomyces
>>> Rust
>>> Trichocladium
>>> Clear Brown
>>> Hyphae
>>>
>>> Can you or do you know some one that can make this stick
>> to
>>> breast cancer and the other illnesses we are experiencing,
>>> because so many of these molds ARE toxic or toxic
>>> together.
>>>
>>> Here are the other symptoms we are going through:
>>>
>>> Started noticing 3 months after we moved
>>> slowly progressed to date. Many Drs. missed
>>> diagnosed us for years.
>>>
>>> Respiratory problems - wheezing - difficulty breathing -
>>> shortness of breath
>>>
>>> Nasal & sinus congestion, sinusitis
>>>
>>> Eyes - burning - watery - reddened - blurry vision, light
>>> sensitivity
>>>
>>> James lost vision in right eye
>>>
>>> Dry- hacking cough - spitting up brown sputum plugs -
>>> continuous drooling
>>>
>>> Throat & nose irritation -coughing - sneezing sinusitis -
>>> all the time
>>>
>>> Difficulty swallowing, choking - blockage of air passage,
>>> like being shut off (exhaling)
>>>
>>> Skin irritation - reddened skin - bumps just underneath
>>> skin - if scratched, skin just roles off causing red sores
>>> for weeks to months, continuous bleeding and seeping,
>>> itching, burning crawling skin
>>>
>>> Central nervous system problems, tremors - inner shakes
>>> memory loss, difficulty concentrating - constant head
>>> aches, forgetfulness - mood changes - confusion - slurred
>>> speech
>>> difficulty learning, reading, brain foggy
>>>
>>> Dizziness - chronic fatigue - extreme depression -
>> anxiety -
>>> anger - sad want to cry - all the time - everything is so
>>> overwhelming - and mixed up - misplacing things
>>>
>>> Aches & pains - Joints - Mussels Can't get out of bed -
>>> couch or chair with out help - Extremely hard to walk -
>>> hurt
>>> from head to toes. Very nervous - feels like arms & legs
>>> very heavy - like caring weights now using cane
>>>
>>> Constant nightmares- always talking in sleep actually
>>> caring on conversations.
>>>
>>> Connies nightmares consist of: Gory bloody people chasing
>>> me with knives a doctor sexually harassing me and showing
>>> up everywhere I go - Get flash back of night -
>>> mares during the day - cant tell fact from fiction
>>>
>>> Jims nightmares consist of: Losing me or our dog - dying
>> in
>>> the house
>>>
>>> Pneumonia - after having pneumonia shot this happened
>>> twice, Husband ending in hospital. One time surgery was
>>> called off due to high white blood count
>>>
>>> High liver counts
>>>
>>> Tired all the time, no energy, need to - nap 3 to 4 hours
>>> in the afternoon
>>>
>>> Unexplainable flu/cold like sickness - all the time -
>>> chronic illness - stomach problems
>>>
>>> Equilibrium off - weaving back and forth falling down -
>>> running into walls
>>>
>>> Ears - High ringing - plugged - draining at night
>>>
>>> Heart palpitations - skip beats - aching chest
>>>
>>> I ended up in hospital 3 times with simulating heart
>>> attack (miss diagnosed as thyroid)
>>>
>>> Burning - Strange taste in and around mouth
>>>
>>> Swollen lymph nodes
>>>
>>> Intermittent face flushing - horrible night sweats & hot
>>> flashes
>>>
>>> Bruising easily
>>>
>>> Sudden weight changes
>>>
>>> Hair loss
>>>
>>> Breast Cancer
>>>
>>> Leaky Bowel Syndrome
>>>
>>> Moles under arms - developed last 2 years
>>>
>>> Sorry this note became a letter, but we are desperate. If
>>> we loose our home, we will become homeless, all our equity
>>> is in our home. ( which is now worthless and can not be
>>> sold). We are trying to pay off over $ 13,000.00 in
>> medical
>>> bills between my husband and myself. We are both disabled
>>> and living off our social security disability income. I
>>> lost my business because of all these illnesses. I am an
>>> Enrolled Agent ( professional tax preparer and financial
>>> consultant) and since all this has happened I can not
>> even
>>> balance my own check register. A 15 minute job takes me 4
>>> to 5 hours before I give up and take it into the bank to
>>> have them reconcile the account.
>>>
>>> My husband is 51 and I am 49 we both feel like we are in
>>> our 80's.
>>>
>>> Again any help you can provide us with will be greatly
>>> appreciated.
>>>
> Debrah & Connie
>
> my family is also going through this same ordeal and i am so
> sorry. i broke down in tears as soon as i started reading your
> letters. back in november 2003 me and my family move into a
> rental in fort bragg, ca. That winter it flooded around the
> house and underneath.The spring of 2005 we got our first taste
> of toxic mold.Symtoms included erutptive sores that were glass
> like wounds.slurred speech, dizziness,mood swings(depression,
> anger),personality changes,muscle weekness cunjuntivitis,bone
> depletion breast lumps,confusion,sensitivity to smells &
> light,ect. we went to doctor after doctor with no reprive for
> our illness.You think that some one would be able to diagnose
> us, but no we were always met with shrugging shoulders and
> distainful looks.Only a week ago the last doctor wanted to
> prescribe my wife an antidepressant for her symtoms. What a
> goddamn joke the medical profession is to be so blind with
> indignant pride!!I therefore took it upon myself to do the
> doctors job and research.These our some of the things I
> discovered. Almost all mold problems stem from flooding,most
> mold if in moist indoor conditions can cause illness,most
> people mycosis releated illnes are inhabited by 2.7 types(MAYO
> CLINIC REPORT),Almost all illness in the U.S. can be traced
> back to a mycosis especially autoimmune disorders, In most
> cases(and I can't stress this enough)parisitical accompanies
> that mycosis.You must get rid of the parasite first to treat
> the fungal aspect of your illness.Now im not a doctor nor
> blessed with medical knowledge, but it took only two days to
> come to these conclusions And you know what, I found how to
> treat it.First forget your old life, leave it all!! Iknow it's
> hard,but the next thing you lose will be your life or one of
> your loved ones.That stuff is all contaminated. You have been
> exposed and cannot risk re-exsposure.Second, treat your pets.
> there is a new broad spectrum antiparasitic medication
> avalible.third,, if you can get a good air purifier. and
> lastly treat yourself.I am currently taking and using
> grapefruit seed exstract and belive me it works. The worms
> just keep coming out.I have tried a few other things and
> almost screwed my self up really good.I feel better, but a
> word of caution it is a potent cure.There is a certain amount
> of discomfort associated with eliminating parasites . parasite
> produce toxcins during die off as do fungus so take easy it's
> only temporary.If your severely ill start small. the great
> thing is it kills the fungus incunjuntion to the parasite.You
> can also give to your pets and use it as a cleanser. I'm not
> sure if it kills off normal intestinal batceria so as a
> procoution I have been replacing them with acidophillis milk.
> You can get the exstract at most heath food stores it's called
> GSE liquid concentrate made by nutribiotics.I hope this helps
> you ,it's so sad to read about how someone esle has lost so
> much,But as a friend told me. It's time to pick yourself up,
> dust yourself off and get on with livin'.
>
>
> may god bless you and your families in your new life.
>
> Sincerly,
> Brack Perry