MEDIA ADVISORY: Toxic Mold ''Grows'' at San Benito County Government Office; Law Firm Hersh & Hersh Announce Test Results Confirm Presence of Mold in Building

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Toxic Mold ''Grows'' at San Benito County Government Office; Law Firm Hersh & Hersh Announce Test Results Confirm Presence of Mold in Building

Hersh & Hersh Files New Complaints, Takes on Majority of Workers; Union Rep

Follows Suit, Requests Worker Relocation

CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17 -/E-Wire/Business Wire/-- MEDIA ADVISORY--

Who: San Francisco plaintiff rights law firm Hersh & Hersh filed six additional complaints on behalf of employees at the San Benito County Department of Child Support Services, located at 220 San Felipe Road in Hollister, Calif. This brings the total number of individual complaints filed to twenty-four, or 96% of the building's workers.

What: Test results issued by Air Quality Sciences Building Consulting, Inc. confirm the presence of harmful mold spores in the conference room and bathroom, which require remediation. The landlord has responded by cordoning off the conference room.

When: On Thursday, January 16, 2003 the union representative for the workers sent a letter to the County requesting that employees be relocated to a different facility. Under advisement of the union rep, employees are considering all allowable collective actions next week if the situation is not remedied.

CONTACT: For interviews with attorney Charles Kelly of Hersh & Hersh, plaintiffs and toxic mold experts contact -- Lisa Byrne [REDACTED-PHONE] [REDACTED-EMAIL] or Shelly Gordon [REDACTED-PHONE] [REDACTED-EMAIL]

Hersh & Hersh, Shelly Gordon, 650/856-1607 (Press), [REDACTED-EMAIL] or Lisa Byrne, 415/221-5018 (Press), [REDACTED-EMAIL]

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