What standards govern expert testimony in mold, sick building and defective construction cases?
Professor David Bernstien claims in a Point of Law Forum Post the federal rule governing expert evidence is stricter than Daubert and its progeny are; Blog 702 says Bernstein doesn't get it.
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Drying out a wet wall cavity to remediate mold
McGraw-Hill Construction provides an answer in its Ask the Experts feature.
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Texas Tech scientists prove black mold causes tissue damage?
That's what KAMC28 news reports.
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Physician's mold causation testimony barred
Blog 702 reports on a recent federal appellate case affirming exclusion of a physician's opinion that toxic mold caused plaintiifs' respiratory illness.
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Stigma damages allowed for defective construction
The Washington Supreme Court joins the Mississippi Supreme Court in holding that damages for the diminished value of property as well as cost of repair damages may be recovered for construction defects.
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$30 Million mold claim
The Clements "knew something was wrong the November day in 2003 they moved into the Airmont home, which they first saw in August and purchased for $430,000. The windows in the front of the house were so fogged up the Clements couldn't see out of them..."
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Do new mold and construction defect exclusions comply with renewal rule?
Marc Mayerson at the Insurance Scrawl discusses the "renewal rule."
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