that's what I thought, thank you so much!! Last question, I promise! Mediation is in early Dec 2017, if I get the settlement in Dec and I know repairs will not ...

but the cost of the repairs/damages they knew about could be can be deducted from settlement, correct?

Injury? There's no injury here.

In researching more, it depends on how the settlement is written, if it states xyz$ for repairs and damages then that portion is not taxable, only the punitive ...