Brittany Murphy's Mother Launches Legal Battle To Prove Toxic Mold Killed Her

By Larry Yepez Jr.

Two years later, controversy persists over Brittany Murphy's death. The actress' mother, Sharon Murphy, has filed a lawsuit against the attorneys that represented her in a suit against the builders of the home where Murphy died. She claims the lawyers never told her about a possible wrongful death suit due to mold in the house.

The lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court comes nearly two years after the Dec. 20, 2009 death of Murphy, which was followed by the May 2010 death of her husband Simon Monjack in the same house. Sharon Murphy apparently was not aware that toxic mold was a cause in the death of her daughter and son-in-law until this past summer, when she was in the process of selling the Hollywood Hills Home.

Los Angeles County coroner's office did not find any evidence of mold during the autopsies on Murphy and Monjack, although it did find that pneumonia was part of their deaths.

The suit says that the law firm first hired in early 2009 "should have known that Brittany and Simon had died and that their deaths were the result of complications from conditions associated with the subject property". The law firm “had a duty to advise and/or inform (Sharon Murphy) that she may have had a wrongful death claim.”

Sharon and Brittany Murphy had purchased the five-bedroom home from singer Britney Spears in June 2003 for $3.85 million. Spears lived there with Justin Timberlake until their relationship ended.

Do you think this lawsuit will be successful?

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