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Mold Costs One Builder $3 Million

Midwest News • May 13, 2008
A moldy house has been a headache for a central Ohio family and a $3 million liability for the homebuilder. A Franklin County judge has awarded Roman and Jennifer Costner $3 million for their ...

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Subject: Costner v Maronda Homes

Posted On: May 13, 2008, 5:50 pm CDT
Posted By: Bob
Comment:
The fraud component of the damages was a million dollars. The actual damages to the homeowner were subject to treble damages under the Ohio Consumer Sales Act.

The Act was passed to encourage injured parties to litigate consumer sales fraud so the costs of the litigation were not borne by the taxpayers, but instead the vendors that commit fraudulent acts.

The difficulty with pushing the costs of litigation onto the injured party is that there has to be an incentive to put out the thousands of dollars it takes to get something to trial.
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RE: mold Jordan Fogal
Jul 19, 2009, 12:18 pm
RE: RE: RE: RE: Ever heard of a home inspection? Jordan Fogal
Jun 11, 2008, 8:28 pm
RE: RE: RE: Ever heard of a home inspection? Bob
Jun 11, 2008, 2:54 pm
RE: RE: Ever heard of a home inspection? lastbat
May 14, 2008, 11:48 am
RE: Ever heard of a home inspection? wudchuck
May 14, 2008, 8:12 am
Ever heard of a home inspection? duh
May 14, 2008, 8:07 am
Costner v Maronda Homes Bob
May 13, 2008, 5:50 pm
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May 13, 2008, 5:29 pm
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RE: RE: construction firm hmm
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RE: construction firm lastbat
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construction firm wudchuck
May 13, 2008, 10:54 am
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