Update - Mom says mold caused baby's injury, not abuse

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Mom says mold caused baby's injury, not abuse

Friday, September 19, 2008

WSTM Central New York*

http://wstm.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=193995

SYRACUSE (AP) -- A Syracuse woman who claims she was wrongfully

convicted of assaulting her infant daughter when mold was actually

to blame for the injury is getting a new trial.

Everson Gallishaw, who was accused of trying to smother her 7-

week-old daughter, was convicted in 2001 of assault and child

endangering charges.

The now 24-year-old Gallishaw served her 30-day jail sentence, but a

state Supreme Court justice overturned the conviction earlier this

year after the defense provided evidence to support Gallishaw's

claim that she had laundered her baby's clothing in the mold-

infested basement at her mother's home.

Lawyer Philip Rothschild says Gallishaw is eager to have the case

tried again to clear her name. The trial is scheduled for next

February.