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Ed McMahon sues over April 10, 2002 Posted:
5:12 PM EDT (2112 GMT) on www.cnn.com McMahon, 79, is suing his home insurance company for $20 million, claiming it botched a simple repair on a broken pipe and, as a result, allowed a toxic mold to spread through his house, making his family sick and killing his dog. In a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, McMahon, who for years served as Carson's sidekick on NBC's "Tonight Show," said he, his wife Pamela, and household staff members have been battling illnesses as a result of exposure to a mold known as Stachybotrys chartarum. He also said the family dog, Muffin, died as a result of a mold-induced infection. It names Scottsdale, Arizona-based American Equity Insurance Co., a unit of Citigroup Inc., as a plaintiff as well as several Southern California contractors who had been hired to clean up the mold. A spokeswoman for American Equity declined to comment Wednesday. According to the suit, a pipe burst last July in McMahon's estate in the posh Coldwater Canyon section of Los Angeles, causing his den to be flooded. McMahon made a claim under his policy with American Equity, which arranged to clean up the damage caused by the flooding. The lawsuit charges that the contractors painted over visible mold and failed to provide the McMahons with environmental reports related to the levels of mold infestation despite repeated requests for documentation.
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