Verified Legal Actions & Lawsuits

LEGAL ACTION VERIFIED: A tenant warned Lloyd she lost her keys, but they failed to change locks. She was murdered by an intruder. The SD Supreme Court established permanent precedent: property management companies can be held legally and financially liable for severe injury/death due to negligence.

LEGAL ACTION VERIFIED: DOJ sued Costello for systematically building apartment complexes inaccessible to wheelchairs. They were forced into a consent decree to retrofit over 10 properties and set up a $350,000 victim compensation fund.

LEGAL ACTION VERIFIED: Khan had all 43 rental licenses revoked after inspectors documented over 2,000 verified code violations (missing smoke detectors, collapsed staircases). The MN Supreme Court officially ruled against him, upholding the city's right to strip his business.

LEGAL ACTION VERIFIED: The AG sued over raw sewage backing up into tenant bathtubs ignored for weeks. PSS was proven to illegally charge 'junk fees' for non-existent services, like a 'secure building fee' when exterior doors were completely broken off.

LEGAL ACTION VERIFIED: Biggest slumlord takedown in Midwest history. Zorbalas was banned for horrific conditions. Frenz secretly kept him as a partner. Frenz submitted faked leases to court to pretend buildings were full. The judge caught the perjury, stripped 60+ rental licenses, forced an $18.5 million class-action settlement, and banned him from the industry.

LEGAL ACTION VERIFIED: RKAK faced severe disciplinary action for financial negligence. State audits proved illegal commingling of funds, mixing tenant security deposits and rent money with operational funds, failing to protect tenants' money in trust accounts.

LEGAL ACTION VERIFIED: The DOJ sued IMM for violating the Fair Housing Act (Familial Status Discrimination). The government proved IMM was illegally 'steering' families with children into specific, less desirable buildings. A federal judge ordered civil penalties, a victim compensation fund, and federal oversight.

LEGAL ACTION VERIFIED: Epic Companies suffered a catastrophic financial collapse. The ND Attorney General launched an investigation. Court records show Epic failed to pay millions to contractors, leading to massive mechanic's liens. Utilities were threatened with shut-offs, and multiple properties were forced into court-ordered receivership to protect tenants from the landlord's failures.