California Mobile Home Residents Awarded $34M in Suit over Living Conditions
A jury has awarded $34 million in damages to 51 current and former residents of a Southern California mobile home park they say is rife with problems including sinkholes, sewage backups and rats.
The Los Angeles Times reported the damages come a week after jurors hit the park’s owners with a $5.5 million judgment for negligence and violations of the state’s residency laws.
Lead attorney Brian Kabateck says the residents, many elderly, lived in squalor at Friendly Village, a property that was once a trash dump for the city of Long Beach.
Attorneys for Friendly Village did not immediately return a request for comment.
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