Representative
Matters:
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Represented
an Orange County family who
became ill as a result of
exposure to toxic mold in their
home. Case settled for a total
of $900,000.00. Attorney Court B. Purdy
(along with Co-Counsel Jeffrey
F. LaFave of San Diego)
represented Melissa Celmer and
her three boys (Jacob, Kyle and
Casey) in a lawsuit against the
former of their apartment
complex (Robert and Helen Kotob
of Los Angeles), the current
owner of the complex (KDF North
Hills of Orange County), the
Property Manager (VPM
Incorporated) and the
Remediation Contractor (Rainbow
Contractor, Inc. of Orange
County).
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Represented
two homeowners within the
Newport Crest Homeowners’
Association in Newport Beach in
separate actions against the
Homeowners’ Association and
the Property Management firms
(Professional Community
Management and Optimum Property
Management). These cases involved
chronic water intrusion issues
from “common areas” within
the development which were
virtually ignored by the
defendants and which cause
severe microbial amplification
property loss and physical
injury. The cases resolved on the
eve of trial for $857,000 and
$500,000.
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Represented
an Orange County woman who
became seriously ill as result
of exposure to toxic mold and
other biological contaminants in
her Huntington Beach home. Case
settled for a total of
$550,000.00. Attorneys Court B. Purdy
and Andrew Gagen represented
Niko Black, in a lawsuit against
the owner of her home located at
5061 Warner Ave., Unit C,
Huntington Beach, California
92649. The home was rented to
her by defendant South Warner
Business Center(SWBC). As as
result of lack if maintenance by
SWBC and its agent, Ronald Hseuh
(including a failure to inspect
the premises and/or conduct
preventive maintenance), the
home suffered water damage and
elevated levels of toxic mold
growth which slowly poisoned
Ms.Black, causing her to suffer
significant and life long
personal injuries.
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Represented
an Orange County family who
became ill as a result of
exposure to toxic mold and other
biological contaminants in their
home. The case settled for a
total of $392,500.00. Attorneys Court B. Purdy
and Andrew Gagen represented
Joanne Miller, her two children
(Ryan and Allison) and niece,
Hayley Smith, in a lawsuit
against the owner of their
apartment complex (The Palm
Garden Apartments Limited
Partnership), and the Property
Manager (Apartment Management
Consultants, LLC). Mr. Purdy had previously
represented another family who
had resided in this apartment
complex and who had suffered
from the same practice of
deferred maintenance by the
owner and subsequent exposure
and injuries as the Miller
family. (See, Sienkiewicz, et
al. v. Palm Garden Apartments
Limited Partnership, et al.,
Case No. 01CC00072, Orange
County Superior Court).
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Represented
a family with Andrew Gagen who
had suffered for years at the
hands of a landlord who refused
to fix a chronically leaking
roof. Unfortunately, and
unbeknownst to the Elliot
family, this water intrusion
caused very unhealthy indoor air
quality to which this family was
very sensitive. The hoe was located at
608 South Second Avenue,
Arcadia, California and the
litigation focused on the
failure of the landlord to
uphold his duties of
habitability within the home as
required in the State of
California. This case settled short
of trial for $325,000.
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Represented
a family of three against a
large apartment complex in
Fullerton for deferred
maintenance practices which
allowed water intrusion into the
home and caused a sever
amplification of mold, dust
mites and other harmful agents. This case settled for
$350,000.
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Represented
a family in a construction
defect lawsuit against the
builder of their new homes in
Corona, California. The defects in the
plumbing resulted in water
intrusion and sewage backups and
eventually to a severe
amplification of mold, e Coli
bacteria and other harmful
agents. This matter settled for
$300,000.
Admitted: 1995,
California
Education:
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Law
School: University of San Diego,
J.D., 1995
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College:
University of Colorado at
Boulder, B.A., 1991
Professional
Memberships:
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State
Bar of California
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Consumer
Attorneys of California
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Orange
County Trial Lawyers Association
(former Board member)
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California
Trial Lawyers Association
Speeches
and Publications:
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Annual
Meeting of the American College
of Allergy, Asthma &
Immunology; San Antonio, Texas;
November 15-20, 2002 (discussed
the legal theories of mold
claims, potential damages and
current trends in litigation
throughout the United States).
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Bridgeport
Group Seminar, Los Angeles,
California entitled “Mold
Insurance Litigation,” March
13 & 14, 2003; lecture
entitled “Legal Aspects of
Mold.”
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Lorman
Education Services Seminar,
Costa Mesa, California entitled
“Solving Water Intrusion and
Mold Problems in California”;
August 30, 2005.
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Mealey’s Construction Defects
& Mold Litigation
Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona;
November 6-7, 2006; lecture
entitled “Current State of
Mold Litigation.”
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UCLA/UC Irvine Southern California
Education and Research Center,
Irvine, California; “Mold:
State of the Medical and
Environmental Science”;
December 5-7, 2006.
Personal:
Contact
Information:
Court
B. Purdy
Attorney
at Law
Wentworth,
Paoli and Purdy, LLP
4631
Teller Ave., Suite 100
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Telephone: (949) 752-7711
Facsimile:
(949) 752-8339
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