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PHOENIX – An Arizona federal judge on Nov. 17 found that the court lacked jurisdiction over an action that was filed in relation to fraud claims asserted against a tenant because the amount in controversy did not exceed $ 75,000; the judge remanded the case to a county court (Terry Tapp, et al. v. Adebisi [...]

LOS ANGELES – A California appeals court on Aug. 16 affirmed a ruling awarding an apartment management company costs as the prevailing party in a lawsuit filed by a tenant who sought damages related to mold, but denied the company’s request for sanctions (Beth Robbins v. Essex Management Corp., et al., No. B221857, Calif. App., [...]

OPELIKA, Ala. – An Alabama federal judge on June 27 dismissed a claim for breach of warranty of habitability asserted by a tenant who alleged that her apartment was infested with mold and contained defects, but found that certain claims asserted against the parent company of the complex’s owner could proceed (Charisse D. Allen v. [...]

13WMAZ Body Found Outside Missing Macon Law School Graduate's Apartment BuildingCNN (blog)Macon police were hoping to be able to release the identity Friday of a body found at the apartment building where a missing Mercer University law school graduate lives. 27-year-old Lauren Giddings was last seen Saturday and was reported missing by a …Dismembered body [...]

An Indiana jury has awarded $23.5 million to a family whose lawsuit alleged that pesticides sprayed in their apartment afflicted two children with severe neurological problems. The jury’s verdict came 14 years after Todd and Cynthia Ebling sued Prestwick Square Apartments and its management company over their children’s illnesses. The jury awarded $500,000 each to [...]

Twin brothers have died in a Los Angeles apartment fire that took place on Thursday morning. The apartment where the fire took place contained a mother and five children, who were spared apart from the twin brothers. The Los Angeles apartment fire started at around 3 a.m. on the 4000 block of Ursula in LA, [...]

Approximately 300 residents of an 18-torey apartment building in Hackensack, New Jersey are still unable to return to their homes after a parking garage collapse last week.On Friday, the three-story parking garage collapsed, trapping one person inside his car.Fortunately, no one was injured in this accident. According to the Hackensack Fire Department, two thirds of [...]

07082010 West Palm Beach, FL, USA Tara Monks Tara Monks New York, NY ” A five-alarm fire erupted in an apartment building in Rego Park, Queens on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, resulting in 17 firefighters suffering injuries, as reported by NY1.com. The blaze broke out at approximately 10:20 a.m. on the buildings sixth … View [...]

Peace FM Online Actor Bobby Spillane Dies After Falling From His Six-Floor ApartmentPeace FM OnlineThe star, who appeared in TV shows including "Law & Order", is said to have fallen to his death from a Manhattan building on Saturday, July 10. …Monday Daily GoodbyeWashington Post (blog)A Wake of Sorts for a Hell's Kitchen FixtureNew York [...]

Attorney: Jon Gosselin’s NYC apartment trashed while he makes Christmas visit to kids in Pa. NEW YORK – Jon Gosselin’s apartment was ransacked by someone who slashed furniture, stole his TV and left a note pinned to his dresser with a butcher knife while he visited his children for Christmas, his lawyer said Sunday. Read [...]