South Carolina House Joint Resolution No. 3127

Created a Mold Abatement and Remediation Study Committee to study the health effects of mold in public areas, to ascertain the best method of mold abatement, and to propose policy initiatives if necessary. Directed the committee to issue a report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2019, at which time the study committee is dissolved. Committee report recommended voluntary education and training initiatives and noted the need to consider "some regulatory [oversight] of the mold abatement and remediation industry" in the future. (Report available at: http://tinyurl.com/27y7jp8d.)

South Carolina Code § 38-75-755
Requires all insurers, at the issuance of a new policy and at each renewal, to notify the applicant or policyholder of a personal lines residential property insurance policy whether or not the insured has coverage for flood or mold.
South Carolina Code §§ 27-50-10--110

Requires sellers of property containing up to four dwelling units to provide purchasers with a written disclosure statement disclosing environmental contamination on the property, including the presence of radon gas, mold, lead-based paint, asbestos, methane gas, hazardous or toxic materials, and other environmental contamination. Disclosure statement adopted pursuant to the law also requires sellers to report the presence of formaldehyde or mold. (See disclosure form: http://tinyurl.com/3mmr5aw4.)

The Litchfield Company LLC v. BP PLC et al.
Circuit
4
Keywords
Case Docket Number
2:10-cv-01462
ENVIRONMENTAL: ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
Date Filed
June 6, 2010
Date Closed
September 24, 2010
Case Type
Environmental
Docket Number Post-Consolidation
2:10-cv-03277
MDL
MDL-1
162
PGKR Enterprises LLC v. BP PLC et al.
Circuit
4
Keywords
Case Docket Number
4:10-cv-01782
ENVIRONMENTAL: ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
Date Filed
July 9, 2010
Date Closed
September 27, 2010
Case Type
Environmental
Docket Number Post-Consolidation
2:10-cv-03278
MDL
MDL-1
220
Divine Fish House Inc et al. v. BP PLC et al.
Circuit
4
Keywords
Case Docket Number
2:10-cv-01461
ENVIRONMENTAL: ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
Date Filed
June 6, 2010
Date Closed
September 24, 2010
Case Type
Environmental
Docket Number Post-Consolidation
2:10-cv-03276
MDL
MDL-1
161
Brandt et al. v. BP PLC et al.
Circuit
4
Keywords
Case Docket Number
2:10-cv-01460
ENVIRONMENTAL: ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
Date Filed
June 6, 2010
Date Closed
September 24, 2010
Case Type
Environmental
Docket Number Post-Consolidation
2:10-cv-03275
MDL
MDL-1
160