ATLANTA - Former residents of the now-demolished Forest Cove Apartments in Atlanta’s Thomasville Heights neighborhood are preparing to take legal action, saying years of neglect left them in dangerous and unsanitary living conditions.
What they're saying:
Attorney Benjamin Crump met with former tenants Wednesday night during a town hall meeting in the neighborhood. He told the crowd the conditions they endured were unacceptable.
"You would not want your worst enemy living in the conditions they lived in. The mold, the mildew and so forth," Crump said.
Crump said his team is reviewing possible claims, including fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of contract.
"When you think about it, it's fraudulent misrepresentation. It's breach of contract that was common to all of the citizen