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June 7th, 2008 at 1:07 pm

“We had nine lawyers, they had nine lawyers”

Foreclosure-endangered TV personality Ed McMahon on why the much-publicized $7.2 million settlement over mold in his Beverly Hills house didn’t really go that far, once the professionals got their cut: “By the time that’s all over, and you rebuild the house from the outside in. … A lot of things went wrong.” (AP/Grand Haven (Mich.) Tribune, Jun. 7).

In mold

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[...] story is worthwhile for one new tidbit of information, the poetic justice facing Ed McMahon for his bogus mold lawsuit: In 2003, another raft of huge mold news stories broke nationwide, and Kramer paid close attention. [...]

LA Weekly: The Mold Rush and the case of Sharon Kramer and Bruce Kelman on July 24th, 2008

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