Once Its on the Internet, Its Out There Forever

If I didn't believe that before today, I definitely believe it now!

Well over a year ago, I posted about pending litigation against Richmond American Homes of West Virginia. At that time there were 10 homeowners filing suit over non-functioning radon pipes. Shortly after the post I received a call from the attorney representing these homeowners. He had read my post and we had an interesting discussion. That was that.

Today I was asked permission to be quoted in the next e-newsletter for AARST (American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists, Inc.)!!! The editor had found my blog!!! Wow...who knew?

Thinking it might be a good idea to update the information from my 1 year old blog post, I found that the CBS Affiliate in Washington, DC, WUSA-9, had done a story just the other day about this lawsuit, so here's the link: http://www.wusa9.com/rss/local_article.aspx?storyid=83411

I found out that a second suit has been filed on behalf of over 100 homeowners. Because this is all pending litigation, nobody's talking, so there's very little additional news to report at this time.

The original post I wrote in June, 2008:

Lawsuit filed against developer (edit/delete)

Good Morning!

Our local paper (Martinsburg, WV) has a story on the front page that M.D.C. Holdings, dba Richmond American Homes of West Virginia is being sued by 10 homeowners for allegedly failing to install functional radon pipes in their new constructions. It says that one homeowner claims that fake pipes were installed to intentionally deceive the building inspector!! WOW!

As far as I can tell there are no realtors/brokers named in the suit at this time.

I know that when I've shown new constructions, I've pointed out that pipes, not mitigation systems, were in place. I also have given my "Radon Speech" many times to prospective buyers of all types of homes (what it is, what it does, EPA recommendations, etc.)

I believe that Richmond American builds homes in other areas of the country and was wondering if similar allegations have been made. Anyone know of anything?

Thanks, Amy

Here is the link to the AARST Winter Edition:

http://www.aarst.org/radon_reporter/Radon_Reporter_Winter09.pdf

The upshot of this whole thing is that I think its wild that a post over a year old would generate any interest whatsoever! You just never know, do you?