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Rooftop Fireworks Spark Apartment Fire, Leading Residents to Sue Owners

Rooftop Fireworks Spark Apartment Fire, Leading Residents to Sue Owners

Residents of an apartment complex in Atlanta, Georgia, that was severely damaged in a three-alarm fire on Nov. 10 have filed a class-action lawsuit against the building owners, claiming the owners failed to maintain the property’s fire suppression system and allowed access to the roof, where the fire began. The devastating blaze that destroyed most of the Reserve at LaVista…

Property Owner Settles Tenant Lawsuit for $3.5 Million

Property Owner Settles Tenant Lawsuit for $3.5 Million

The former owner and manager of two apartment complexes in Washington, D.C. will pay $3.5 million to settle a tenant lawsuit alleging rat and bed bug infestations, sewage leaks, mold contamination and other hazards. The lawsuit, brought by the district’s attorney general in October 2018, also claimed the buildings’ hundreds of tenants were subjected to persistent violence, including multiple homicides…

Hospitality Sector Adapts to New Risks, Restrictions as Casinos, Hotels Reopen

Hospitality Sector Adapts to New Risks, Restrictions as Casinos, Hotels Reopen

Caesars Palace, MGM Resorts and several other Las Vegas hotel-casinos are slated to resume operations starting June 4, according to the Nevada governor’s May 26 press release. Though Las Vegas casinos must implement requirements such as mandatory temperature checks for guests and are subject to various restrictions, reopening is a significant milestone in the embattled hospitality sector’s recovery from coronavirus-related…

Property Owner Sued Over Fatal Shooting at Apartment Complex

Property Owner Sued Over Fatal Shooting at Apartment Complex

Earlier this month, the parents of Jonathan Swierski, a 20-year-old man fatally shot last July in the parking lot of his apartment complex in Matthews, North Carolina, filed a lawsuit against the complex’s property management company, Highmark Residential LLC, citing “negligent security” as a factor in their son’s tragic death. The altercation that led to Swierski’s death outside Paces Pointe…

Apartment Building Catches Fire Twice in Less than 48 Hours

Apartment Building Catches Fire Twice in Less than 48 Hours

A 16-unit apartment building was decimated and all 50 of its residents displaced after two fires broke out within 30 hours of each other at the Spring Hill Apartments complex in Goose Creek, South Carolina. While no one was injured in the early October blazes, which officials said appeared to be unrelated to one another, the American Red Cross was…

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