Re: Toxic Tort Mold Attorney Needed

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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.
>

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