Two Books on Mold and Indoor Air

In 2000, Melinda Ballard sued Fire Insurance Exchange, a member of Farmers Insurance Group, alleging the company had committed bad faith and fraud in handling claims connected with water damage and mold in her family’s mansion in Dripping Springs, Texas. Successive leaks in a toilet, a refrigerator, an icemaker, and a shower had caused extensive water damage and growth of the toxic mold Stachybotrys chartarum, leading, Ballard claimed, to memory problems for her husband and concentration problems for her son. In June 2001, a jury awarded Ballard $32 million.
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