Rocklin Tenants Claim Mold Making Them Sick

August 10, 2002

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Attorney Says Tests Show Higher-Than-Normal Results On Mold

Posted: 5:26 p.m. PDT August 8, 2002

ROCKLIN, Calif. -- Tenants have filed a lawsuit against their Rocklin

apartment complex owner, claiming their apartments contain toxic mold that

is making them sick.

The tenants' attorneys say tests show that the mold levels inside certain

Park Village units are 10 to 100 times the normal. Tenant Fedora

says that she has gone through physical changes since finding the mold.

" Anxiety, skin rashes, irritation, itching, severe allergy problems, " Fedora

said. Fedora moved, but the move was just a few doors down in the same

apartment complex.

Attorney Rick Riley's firm represents 87 percent of the tenants at the

apartment. He says that they are seeking unspecified damages.

" Residents of the affected units are entitles to full reimbursement for all

the personal belongings that have to be burned, " Riley said.

KCRA tried to contact the property owner, a limited liability corporation

out of Utah called J.J.F., but phone calls were not returned. Residents say

that they are not satisfied by some attempts by management to clean up the

mold.

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