Leonard Woods, Hilda Quintana, Allen McCorkendale, William Caldwell, John Washington, Joseph Bell, Doris Jarrett, Patrick Michael O'Shea, Sylvia Welch, Diane Merritt, individuals, and Cangress, a non-profit California corporation v. Alexandria Housing Partners, L.P., Logan Property Management Inc., City of Los Angeles, Community Redevelopment Agenc
Published: Mar. 7, 2009 | Result Date: Feb. 11, 2009 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: CV07-08262 MMM (JWJx) Settlement – $1,000,000
Court
USDC Central
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Shawna L. Parks
(Law Office of Shawna L. Parks)
Barbara J. Schultz
(Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles)
Richard A. Rothschild
(Western Center on Law and Poverty)
Matthew X. Oster
(Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin LLP)
Julian L. Andre
(McDermott, Will & Emery LLP)
Paula D. Pearlman
(Disability Rights Legal Center)
Defendant
Deborah J. Fox
(Meyers Nave APC)
Christine D. Baran
(Fisher & Phillips LLP)
Robert D. Infelise
(Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP)
Facts
In December 2007, former and current tenants of Alexandria Hotel sued Alexandria Housing Partners, Logan Property Management Inc., Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), and the city of Los Angeles for discrimination, inhabitable housing and improper evictions.
Contentions
PLAINTIFFS' CONTENTIONS:
The plaintiffs asserted that AHP's renovation of the hotel violated their civil rights and created inhabitable housing conditions.
Result
The parties reached a settlement amounting to $1,000,000.
Other Information
FILING DATE: Dec. 20, 2007.
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