You may be able to get workers compensation for toxic mold illness. The key to getting such compensation is being able to prove that the toxic mold illness happened as a direct result of your job. Since these illnesses often don't show up until months or even years after the initial exposure, this can sometimes be tricky.
Qualifying for Workers Compensation for Toxic Mold
Most employees are protected under the workers comp system, even for toxic mold situations. States have created these rules because they believe it is sound public policy to make sure all employees are able to pay for their medical bills and support themselves after a work injury, and because they believe that employers are in the best position to purchase insurance to make sure that happens. Because workers compensation is worker protection legislation, the states have tried to be thorough in ensuring that all work injuries and incidents are covered.
As such, if the injury directly arises as a result of doing your job, then it should be covered. This would include illnesses developed based on exposure to toxic chemicals, such as mold. You will, however, have to prove that you suffered the illness because of your job. If you were exposed to the mold elsewhere, or if your illness is something that has no determinable cause like various forms of cancer, then it can be harder to prove. The best evidence in such cases would be showing that others in your work environment had an abnormally high instance of developing that type of cancer or collecting any other evidence you can about the exposure and illness you have developed.
Getting Help for Toxic Mold Cases
Proving causation in a toxic mold case can be challenging, as with any chemical exposure case. You need a lawyer to help you assemble the right evidence and find the right experts necessary to prove your claim for damages.