Scooping up a 1,800-square-foot, 110-year-old house in a foreclosure sale for only $3,200 likely felt like a bit of a coup for a woman in Kalamazoo, Mich. last year. At least, that is, until the city sent her a letter saying it hadn’t done any testing for lead levels in the home. The homeowner has since won $115,000 to settle the case, after claiming that the city’s mistake led to elevated lead levels in her child. [More]
