NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lipscomb University is being sued by 11 students who say they were made sick by dangerous black mold in their dorm rooms. The 123-page complaint alleges that students living in the university’s dormitories — Elam Hall, Fanning Hall, and Johnson Hall — came to accept “persistent condensation, damp air, musty odors, and unexplained illness” as part of dorm life.
According to the lawsuit, rooms became so humid that belongings warped and walls would not hold decorations. Students reported “becoming chronically ill while living in these dormitories, experiencing fatigue, headaches, respiratory symptoms, cognitive impairment, and other serious health issues that interfered with their ability to attend class, study, sleep, function, and enjoy college life.”
The suit alleges that despite knowledge of poor ventilation and recurring mold problems, the university continued to assign female students to the affected dormitories and did not adopt campus-wide mold prevention and remediation protocols until November 5, 2025. Attorney John Griffith said administrators “long knew or should have known that these dorm rooms were unsafe for human habitation.”
Published January 8, 2026 by NewsChannel 5 Nashville (WTVF). Read the full article.