Tenants are escalating mold situation

[Account Closed]

My brother and I inherited a single family home last year and we also inherited a tenant. This July, the tenant complained about a leak that managed to seep through the walls and onto the floor from the attic. We had a A/C guy come in and fix it. The run off in the attic was overflowing. The tenants then tell us a few weeks later that they have some mold growing on the floor and walls. We hire a mold remediation guy and he managed to miss the attic. But before we get this news, the tenants crawl in the attic and call the city inspector and they give us a notice. However, the tenants are claiming sickness and lost wages. They have a child who they claim has asthma? Even more so, they sent our pm X-rays that show there’s mold in their lungs. Our pm notifies us of this information weeks after it happens or if we call. I’m genuinely scared and wonder if I should put the tenants in a hotel? Our pm keeps scaring us saying that the tenants might sue even though our attorney had said we are not negligent since we dealt with the problem when the tenants notified us or the pm. The pm is super slow and manages to blame us for something a contractor does. The mold guy is handling the attic soon so I don’t know what to do for now to mitigate the risk of the tenants getting sick. 

[Jonathan Greene]

You are dealing with professional tenants most likely. It could be real and if so, you acted on it when you knew about it so I don't know how anything else could be expected, but liability is a different story. This is the oldest professional tenant trick in the book, but you should definitely get a lawyer on board now.