Mold

Secrest Wardle has been at the forefront of the defense of mold litigation in the State of Michigan, defending dozens of personal injury and property damage claims. Our experience includes successfully trying to jury verdict several cases including Rose v Howison, and Monroe v Structure and Site.

We have succeeded in obtaining summary disposition in mold cases brought under theories of negligence, breach of contract, fraud, misrepresentation, violation of the Michigan Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act, and violation of the Michigan Consumer Protection Act. The Firm has also obtained numerous voluntary dismissals.

Secrest Wardle has led the defense bar in developing resources that will assist in continuing to successfully defend mold claims. In response to the creative efforts of the plaintiffs’ bar to expand personal injury claims to include neuropsychological injuries, Secrest Wardle was instrumental in developing the record necessary to preclude such claims under the Daubert standard. Counsel from Secrest Wardle took the deposition of expert Wayne Gordon, Ph.D., the author of an article frequently relied upon by the plaintiff bar to support arguments that mold is a neurotoxin in humans. Following his deposition, plaintiff’s neuropsychological claims lacked the scientific foundation required for admission into evidence.