A Cincinnati employee is suing the city for more than $1 million, claiming toxic mold in a City Hall office sickened her to the point of temporary blindness.

        Last month, Cynthia Bostwick unsuccessfully sought a temporary restraining order to block a plan by city officials to move her back into the City Hall office space she contends has left her permanently sickened.

        Ms. Bostwick is a senior plan examiner for the city's Buildings and Inspections Department.

        A doctor has recommended she remain in her temporary office across the street from city hall, where she has worked for last two years while claiming her symptoms have substantially subsided.

        But Ms. Bostwick is scheduled to be moved back to her renovated third floor City Hall office later this week.

        In her suit, she says she fears for her health and should not be forced back into the office.

        Augustine Giglio, Cincinnati assistant city solicitor, declined comment on the civil lawsuit filed in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, as did Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Steve Martin. Both cited pending litigation.

        Judge Martin denied Ms. Bostwick a temporary restraining order last month that would have stopped her return and allowed her attorney to arrange environmental tests of the City Hall office.

        The director of the Buildings and Inspections Department, William Langevin, would say only that Ms. Bostwick's old office has been renovated and cleaned.

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