I have a mold illness because of my landlord Toxic Tort, Chemicals

With sewage involved? That's, well, pretty disgusting.

 

The fact that your carpeting was soaked with raw sewage should have been a BIG hint.

 

you are neglecting the simple fact that you relieved the landlord of any duty toward you when you offered to clean it yourself.

 

No.

 

No. YOU took it upon yourself to improperly clean sewage water out of your apartment. You didn't even really clean it. You probably made it worse vacuuming that carpet. You screwed up. That's the bottomline.

 

New question form Keith502:

I have written a previous post in this forum entitled "I have a mold illness because of my landlord." In that post, I said that I had suffered mold-related illness because there was mold in my former apartment (that I moved out of last September) after my landlord failed to properly remedy toilet overflooding. I tried to pursue a lawsuit against him but I failed to gather enough evidence to create a compelling case.


However, I have recently come up with a new idea for how I could sue my landlord. I have made a few visits to my old apartment, and it appears that no one lives there, even though all the other units in the apartment building are occupied. It was a nice apartment and it doesn't seem like the landlord should have had any trouble finding another tenant to rent it. My suspicion is that the apartment has been (at least temporarily) condemned on account of the mold infestation, and the landlord doesn't want to pay to have it remedied. I wondered if I took him to court about my mold illness, if I could verify that the unit is condemned and why it is condemned, I could possibly use this as evidence against my ex-landlord since I was the last person to live in the apartment. What do you think? Is there a way I can officially verify that the apartment is condemned because of mold? Could I use this information against him in a court case?

 

Wondering why he didn't post and how you found out about this.

Did you read Keith502's mind?

 

Possibly.
What's stopping you from trying to use your strategy?
Nothing ventured, nothing gained....

 

You didn't get it that you were partly responsible for the mold because you cleaned it up improperly? Do you realize that even if you were to win a judgement against him doesn't mean you'll get the money as soon as you want or need it right? It doesn't matter what you seem or think.

It wasn't moldy until your toilet overflowed while YOU lived there and YOU improperly cleaned it up. I'm wondering why he didn't go after you.

 

You are headed down the same path.
Nothing new here.

 

Man I read it the first time you posted it. You repeating it doesn't change anything. YOU cleaned up sewage that you had no idea how to clean up. You should have called in a professional or not volunteered to do it. You did it wrong and you created the mold problem. It doesn't matter how much you deny it.

Omg you are insane.

 

Pretty much what you were told before and have been told again. It is NOT your landlord's fault you failed to clean up properly. Not either time. You agreed to take care of it and failed to do so. If anything, he has a case against YOU for damaging his property.

You have no idea if the apartment is vacant or why. There is no reason to suspect there is any problem with the unit as the problems seemed to be that you failed to properly clean your belongings and they grew mold. He is not responsible for your personal belongings, their care and cleaning. Trying to blame him for your inadequate cleaning job and lack of follow up is bound to backfire.