Landlord and mold
I am a landlord and have a
management service who hired
a negligent worker to fix
ceiling tiles which led to
tenat exposure to mold. Tenent
did not notify manager of
concern but instead notified
city building dept. Testing was
immediatley done and
remediattion is going on now,
tenant is in hotel. Told
tenant there was mold she was
exposed to for 1-3days but
tenant wants see full copy of
mold report. Is management
company liable for any of this
lack of oversight
Re: Landlord and mold
You say "hired a negligent worker" -- was this an insured, licensed and bonded contractor or handyman or someone else? You state that she was "exposed" to mold, but just because there was mold in the ceiling does not mean she was necessarily "exposed." (Don�t help her prove her case, especially since it is not clear to me there was exposure.) As mold experts will tell you, mold spores are ubiquitous and the problem is not simply a matter of being near mold (particularly where you believe the mold had existed for only 1 to 3 days -- that can be the kind of "exposure" you get when you don't clean your shower for a few weeks). Keep in mind that she will need damages to have a legitimate claim (but some insurance companies will pay off on these types of claims even when the case is very defensible).
Now may be a good time to get together with your attorney to review your business (including, among other things, the management contract and your lease) to make sure you are as protected as you should be.
Re: Landlord and mold
You say "hired a negligent worker" -- was this an insured, licensed and bonded contractor or handyman or someone else? You state that she was "exposed" to mold, but just because there was mold in the ceiling does not mean she was necessarily "exposed." (Don�t help her prove her case, especially since it is not clear to me there was exposure.) As mold experts will tell you, mold spores are ubiquitous and the problem is not simply a matter of being near mold (particularly where you believe the mold had existed for only 1 to 3 days -- that can be the kind of "exposure" you get when you don't clean your shower for a few weeks). Keep in mind that she will need damages to have a legitimate claim (but some insurance companies will pay off on these types of claims even when the case is very defensible).
Now may be a good time to get together with your attorney to review your business (including, among other things, the management contract and your lease) to make sure you are as protected as you should be.
Re: Landlord and mold
You say "hired a negligent worker" -- was this an insured, licensed and bonded contractor or handyman or someone else? You state that she was "exposed" to mold, but just because there was mold in the ceiling does not mean she was necessarily "exposed." (Don�t help her prove her case, especially since it is not clear to me there was exposure.) As mold experts will tell you, mold spores are ubiquitous and the problem is not simply a matter of being near mold (particularly where you believe the mold had existed for only 1 to 3 days -- that can be the kind of "exposure" you get when you don't clean your shower for a few weeks). Keep in mind that she will need damages to have a legitimate claim (but some insurance companies will pay off on these types of claims even when the case is very defensible).
Now may be a good time to get together with your attorney to review your business (including, among other things, the management contract and your lease) to make sure you are as protected as you should be.
