Archdiocese Wins $25M Termite Damage Award

0:00This is Birmingham News Today, powered by AI and presented by the Daily News Now. The Archdiocese of Mobile just won a huge arbitration award of $25,878,087 and 84 cents against terminics for term eye damage to its cathedral and other buildings. The panel ruled that the company hid problems and acted with intentional misconduct in its pest control services. This case started back in 2022 and covered seven contracts for 15 structures, including the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate. Conception and downtown offices. The cathedral took the biggest hit, getting nearly $10 million in repair costs plus $8.6 million in punitive damages. Damage from the termites forced the cathedral to close some areas in April 2025, disrupting services there. This a mobile have been watching closely since the Archdiocese first hinted at the dispute without naming the company. Terminics expressed disappointment by respects the process while their lawyer, known as

1:01Termitom, called it proof of a pattern in shoddy protection. The firm has spaced heat before, like a $60 million state settlement in 2020 and a $6 million award in another case. The Archdiocese says a full damage check is still underway and no repair start data set, but they plan to keep the cathedral open through it all, while preserving this historic spot.