ACTIVIST ERIN BROCKOVICH SETTLES HOME MOLD SUIT.Byline: Grace Lee Staff Writer Environmental activist Erin Brockovich said Monday she had settled her lawsuit over toxic mold in her Agoura Hills home, averting a·vert tr.v. a·vert·ed, a·vert·ing, a·verts 1. To turn away: avert one's eyes. 2. a civil trial scheduled to start this week, Brockovich and her husband, Eric Ellis Eric Ellis is an award-winning writer and correspondent specialising in Asian affairs, covering South and South-East Asia Career Eric Ellis is an Australian-born journalist, who writes about the politics, economics and societies of South and South-East Asia. , will receive $130,000 from McClung Construction, which upgraded the home in 1991, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. court documents. The settlement did not include an admission of liability. The couple also is settling with the Morrison Ranch Estates Homeowners Association, with the terms of the agreement remaining confidential. Brockovich also has agreed to drop her suit against Robert Selleck II, the home's former owner. Morrison Association, which built the house in 1985, agreed to pay $300,000 in an out-of-court settlement An agreement reached between the parties in a pending lawsuit that resolves the dispute to their mutual satisfaction and occurs without judicial intervention, supervision, or approval. reached in October. ``I'm very pleased that the litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. is over,'' Brockovich said in a statement. ``It had been a large stress on me and on my family's time together.'' Her lawsuit, filed in 2000, had sought more than $1 million in damages, including $25,000 for medical expenses and $800,000 for damage to the home they claim was caused by mold. Grace Lee, (805) 662-6757 grace.lee(at)dailynews.com |
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