Category Archives: Civil Justice

Judge orders repairs made to apartments

National Apartment Association Tells Its Members MOLD CAUSES DEATH; Tells Courts It Doesn’t With The Help of US Chamber and UCLA Thank You National Apartment Association. I will do my best to get this very important information out ASAP to … Continue reading

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Judge Loses Patience With a Bronx Landlord – issues warrant for arrest – Sam Suzuki – Hunter Property Management

National Apartment Association Tells Its Members MOLD CAUSES DEATH; Tells Courts It Doesn’t With The Help of US Chamber and UCLA Thank You National Apartment Association. I will do my best to get this very important information out ASAP to … Continue reading

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Program to Combat Asthma Would LEAN on LANDLORDS to take steps to eliminate garbage, MOLD & vermin — all factors that have been linked to asthma

By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ May 11, 2010 For decades, public health experts have tried — and mostly failed — to contain an asthma epidemic that afflicts many New Yorkers living in the city’s poorest neighborhoods. But now, the City Council … Continue reading

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Philadelphia Housing Authority Settles Mold Lawsuit for $9.5M – Moldy Conditions Led To Brain Damage For 12 Year Old Girl

5-4-10 “Just before opening statements in court today, PHA agreed to pay more than $9.5 million to her family. As Joyce reported, the PHA admits no wrongdoing in this case. They, for the most part, blame the Section 8 property … Continue reading

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‘State-Created Danger’ Suit Over Mold in Public Housing Headed to Trial

Shannon P. Duffy The Legal Intelligencer April 29, 2010 A federal jury on Monday will begin hearing a civil rights case brought under the “state-created danger” theory in which a family living in public housing claims that the Philadelphia Housing … Continue reading

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