Weakley County/School Board Mold Lawsuit

[Guest guest]

Thank you Sharon for sharing this information on Sickbuildings and all that you

do as a mold warrior.  Thank you K.C. for your listening ear in the past and for

your hard work with Sickbuildings.  Thank you Sue Brinchman, Director of School

Mold Help for what you do for others and the time you give to School Mold Help

(Sue, please feel free to post this on School Mold Help).  I want to thank

attorneys Larry Parrish and Amber of Memphis TN for their hard work in

my personal battle for my son.

It's been a very long, hard fight!  I did not accomplish all that I had hoped

for but must come to terms with myself that I did all I could do under the

circumstances; the physical, emotional and financial pressures.  I am thankful

Judge Wm. Acree court ordered Weakley County school board and county to

remediate Westview high school and a neutral third party inspection.  I have

copied below additional media information from a Paducah, KY TV station; there

is more to our story; so much more that is not told. 

I want to encourage all of you to keep fighting for your

health and your rights!  I believe there is hope for all of our futures in our

battle to prove indoor mold is dangerous and detrimental to our health.  I also

know there is medical hope and help out there and would like to thank Dr.

, Director of the Center for Immune and Toxic Disorders in

Houston/Spring, TX, Dr. Dennis Hooper of RealTime Labs in Dallas, TX, Dr. Alfred

of and Associates in Dallas and Dr. Lipsey of Lipsey and

Associates in ville FL for their care and treatment of my son, Caleb. 

Because of God's help and these doctors, my son is doing well at this time and I

continue to pray he will be well in his future. 

God Bless. 

Joost (Yost)

Local commission approves mold settlement

By

Gerran

Story Created:

Feb 16, 2010 at 11:12 PM CST

Story Updated:

Feb 16, 2010 at 11:12 PM CST

MARTIN,

TN - The final vote in an ugly chapter between parents and a local

school district could soon be over. A decision came Tuesday night to

pay local parents whose children got sick because of mold at two

schools.

The Weakley County Commission voted unanimously on a settlement deal

to end litigation between the district and two local families. Attorney

for the families says the commission's decision means the school board

will pay a total of $650,000 dollars.

The vote comes three years after students at Middle and

Westview High became sick because of mold The family's attorney says

the school board knew about the problem, but waited too long to fix it.

This special called meeting ended almost as soon as it began. The

Weakley County School board voted to settle a mold dispute, and it

didn't take long for Commissioners to release the money. Commissioners

approved for the district to pay 650 thousand dollars to two local

families. Under the agreement one family will get $ 500,000 dollars.

The other family will get $ 150,000.  

It may sound like a lot, but Larry Parrish, lawyer for both

families, says it's not much when you consider the mold's long term

effects.

Parrish says his client, Caleb Joost suffered the most from exposure,

has a compromised immune system and is at higher risk for cancer. After

court costs and medical expenses, Joost may end up with around $

230,000 dollars.

" He can't get health insurance, he can't get life insurance so when

you think about how much of the settlement he's going to have for his

future it's really inadequate but it's fair under the circumstances, "

Parrish says of his client.

Dublin has two students in Weakley County School district.

He's glad the district has fixed mold issues at both Middle and

Westview High.

" We can send kids to school without worrying about health problems, " said

Dublin.

 

Although health problems persist for his clients, Parrish says both

families agreed to settle because the financial and emotional costs to

continue the fight in court were too great.

A judge plans to approve the county commission's decision Wednesday,

February 17th. That will end litigation between the two sides. The

court will also require the district to hire an independent mold expert

to inspect both schools to make sure the problem is gone.