Personal Injury Law

Groups Settle Wrongful Eviction Claims

By Edward Bills

A group of developers and the city of Los Angeles have agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle allegations that they sought to force low-income residents from their homes in a downtown hotel. Under the settlement, Amerland Group, Logan Property Management, the city and its Community Redevelopment Agency will pay $950,000 to residents who were evicted from the Alexandria Hotel, or who were subjected to other harassment. The lawsuit claimed the defendants sought to replace the current tenants with younger, non-disabled and non-African American residents.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on February 14, 2009 (boomark / email).