Significant Public Interest Lawsuits
Lawsuits Against Landlord, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Lawsuits Against AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Tenant class action against the owner of a residential hotel, which has serious habitability problems.
Los Angeles Times Coverage - March 8, 2020
Los Angeles Times Coverage - January 20, 2023
Los Angeles Times Coverage - February 10, 2023
Water Damage, Plumbing Leaks, and Safety Issues Plague AHF Housing
Elderly, Disabled Residents Struggle With Accessibility in AHF Buildings
Catching v. Nicolas Tank Lines
$1,500,000 class action settlement on behalf of approximately 110 truck drivers for wage and hour violations. (Failure to pay overtime and provide meal/rest breaks.)
Employee v. Employer
$725,000 settlement on behalf of a long-time employee, terminated weeks after disclosing she is transgender.
Employee vs. International Company
$490,000.00 settlement on behalf of a long-term employee terminated the day after he requested medical leave.
Tenant v. Landlord
$450,000.00 settlement on behalf of tenants who were systematically harassed, evicted, and turned away from renting on the basis of their race.
Juarez v. City of Rancho Mirage
$500,000 settlement against the City of Rancho Mirage, which purchased and closed a mobile home park, dislocating 126 low-income families. The City of Rancho Mirage also agreed to issue building permits to construct 126 replacement affordable housing units but failed to do so causing a second lawsuit to enforce the settlement.
A now vacant mobile home park has cost Rancho Mirage $11 million over the past ten years -Desert Sun, February 1, 2019
Huntington Park Wrongful Termination Case
Taylor v. Sherwin View Park
$918,581 arbitration award against a mobile home park that did not engage in an interactive process with a resident with a disability.
Hussein v. Certified Transportation Services
$600,000 class action settlement on behalf of approximately 120 bus drivers for wage and hour violations.
Employee v. ABC Co.
$450,000.00 settlement on behalf of an employee terminated in retaliation for participating truthfully in a Department of Labor investigation.
Tenant v. Landlord
$180,000 for an elderly tenant who experienced a war-related PTSD episode and was subsequently told to leave the apartment complex.