Motion to Dismiss Civil Rights Claims of Low-Income Tenants in Moldy HUD Apt. Case Denied

CHICAGO - A U.S. District Court granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss tenants' civil rights claims against the owner and operator of a mold-contaminated federally-subsidized apartment complex. Dredia Ross, individually and as parent, guardian and next friend of Joshua, Garriet, and Chelsey Ross, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Midland Management Company, West Suburban Bank of Lombard, and Kenneth Ringbloom, Defendants, No. 02 C 8190 (N.D. Ill., E. Div.).

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled in its opinion docketed Aug. 1 that the tenant plaintiffs, who …