Judge Approves Final Settlement of Hotel Guest Claims

NEW ORLEANS - Orleans Parish District Judge Carolyn W. Gill-Jefferson on Feb. 17 issued a final approval of a $2.7 million settlement between the owners of a New Orleans hotel and guests who complained of harm from exposure to mold. Powell v. Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC, No. 2004 11069 (La. Dist., Orleans Parish).

The Final Order and Judgment also approved court costs of $202,906.95, but said 70 percent would be apportioned to a parallel case on behalf of employees that resulted in a $5 million settlement fund (Brown v. Credit Suisse First Boston Corp., et al., No. …