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Riverstone Residential makes the ‘Top 10 Multifamily News Stories of the Decade’

Another exciting list!  And what a coincidence that Hurricane Katrina made this list too since Riverstone Residential managed toxic mold infested Jefferson Lakes Apartments is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  This is one apartment complex where the mold infestation can’t be blamed on Katrina, it … Continue reading

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Report finds poor ethics policing at CDC

By MIKE STOBBE (AP) – 2 days ago ATLANTA — The government’s top public health agency frequently failed to police its outside experts for conflicts of interest, according to a new government report released Friday. The report looked at how … Continue reading

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Highbridge tenants prepare for court battle – suing landlord for failing to make repairs – mold

By Daniel Beekman A Highbridge Avenue apartment building is headed for a battle royal in court. On Tuesday, November 17, tenants at 1380 University Avenue announced a lawsuit against landlord Martin Carlin, who has allegedly failed to repair apartments and … Continue reading

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Louisiana – St. Bernard Courthouse is infested with mold – leave to the some in Louisiana to allow employees to continue working in a Katrina flooded, mold filled building then downplay the health effects

By Chris Kirkham, The Times-Picayune December 13, 2009 Chris Granger – Times-Picayune archive – Boats are beached around the St. Bernard Parish Courthouse after Hurricane Katrina in September 2005. Enshrouded in a grove of oak trees off St. Bernard Highway, the St. … Continue reading

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Schools Mum on Mold Mystery – “Guilford County Schools is trying to play it both ways – downplaying any problems with the school, to limit its liability in parent lawsuits, and claiming major problems in the school’s construction, to win its suit against Lyon Construction. It’s an odd balancing act”

by Paul C. Clark Staff Writer Dec. 3, 2009 Guilford County Schools has reached the most ludicrous, but always most likely, outcome to the long-running Oak Ridge Elementary School mystery: no smoking gun as to the cause of the symptoms … Continue reading

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