AUSTIN, TX — A whole new carrot is dangling in front of hvacr contractors, with the promise of millions of dollars in new business — that is, if you believe the prognostications of Melinda Ballard, president of the Policyholders of America.
She is more familiar to many people as the Dripping Springs, TX, homeowner who recently won a $32 million judgment against Farmers Insurance. Ballard sued Farmers for bad faith and fraud, which she claimed resulted in toxic black mold (stachybotrys chartarum) “overtaking” her home.