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Lawsuit: Student sickened by mold at Myrtle Beach school

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Horry County Public Schools A South Carolina family has filed a lawsuit alleging their student fell ill after an elementary school covered up the presence of mold in a building. (PHOTO: WPDE)

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A South Carolina family has filed a lawsuit alleging their student fell ill after an elementary school covered up the presence of mold in a building.

A guardian to an unnamed student filed the lawsuit this week in Horry County court. It named St. James Elementary in Myrtle Beach and Horry County Schools as defendants.

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The lawsuit claimed that Horry County Schools failed to remove mold from one of its buildings, causing a student to fall ill.

The family also contended that the district failed to provide a safe environment for students by neglecting the mold issue “for years.”

A district spokeswoman said it couldn’t comment.

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