Sanctioned attorney agrees to settlement

Ending fees fight was 'a financial decision,' he says Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.27.2008 A Tucson attorney who was sanctioned to the tune of $750,000 last fall over his handling of a mold-related lawsuit has reached a settlement with the attorneys for the other side. Although the terms of the settlement involving Harold Hyams are confidential, Hyams said he chose to settle because of the potentially catastrophic impact the sanctioning would have had on his family. In August 2002, Hyams filed lawsuits against Wasatch Property Management, Creekside Place Holdings and Randy and Dell Loy Hansen on behalf of more than 100 people who claimed they were sickened by rampant mold growing at the Eastside Place Apartments, 1800 S. Pantano Road. The lawsuits also alleged two infants died within 12 days of each other as a result of... [read full story]