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THIS COULDN’T HAPPEN TO ME -
PCOULD IT? By Gary Ganchrow, Parker Milliken Clark O’Hara and Samuelian
lease make sure you are collectively for $2,383,650 and then tacked on sitting down when you read $4,500,000 in punitive damages against Owner and this... A jury recently issued a $750,000 of punitive damages against Management $7.5 million verdict in favor of a Company.
resident manager couple (Albert and Stephanie Garcia) against a property owner (“Owner”) and its management company (“Management Company”). How is that for an attention-grabber?
How could this happen? The couple, a husband (“Husband”) and wife (“Wife”), alleged they were long-time resident managers and, while plaintiff Husband was treating for cancer, he and Wife were “advised of the termination of their employment and their lease at a critical time in their lives, removing
So, technically, the entire $7.5 million verdict was their sources of income and displacing them from not against both Owner and Management Company their personal home and residence.” It appears
-- the jury hit Owner and Management Company
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