In July 2003, apartment owners scored a major legal victory when a federal district court in Virginia ruled that no genuine issues of material fact supported an apartment resident's mold injury and damage claims. See Christopher Roche, et al. v. Lincoln Property Co., et al., No. 02-1390, E.D. Va. The case strongly reaffirms what apartment owners have long argued: that sound science does not support serious adverse health effects from indoor, airborne mold exposure. The case should be widely cited for the proposition that such evidence should not be allowed into a court of law, under any evidentiary standard of admission.
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