Rocklin
Tenants Claim Mold Making Them Sick Rocklin
Tenants Claim Mold Making Them Sick
Attorney Says Tests Show
Higher-Than-Normal Results On Mold
Posted: 5:26 p.m. PDT August 8, 2002
KCRA Channel 3
ROCKLIN, Calif. -- Tenants
have filed a lawsuit against their Rocklin apartment complex
owner, claiming their apartments contain toxic mold that is making them sick.
The tenants' attorneys say
tests show that the mold levels inside certain Park Village units
are 10 to 100 times the normal.
Tenant Morgan Fedora says that she has gone through physical changes since finding the mold.
"Anxiety, skin rashes, irritation, itching, sever allergy problems," Fedora said.
Fedora moved, but the move was just a few doors down in the same apartment complex.
Attorney Rick Riley's firm
represents 87 percent of the tenants at the apartment. He says that
they are seeking unspecified damages.
"Residents of the affected
units are entitles to full reimbursement for all the personal belongings
that have to be burned," Riley said.
KCRA tried to contact the
property owner, a limited liability corporation out of Utah called J.J.F.,
but phone calls were not returned.
Residents say that they are not satisfied by some attempts by management to clean up the mold.