Canadian Slum Lords, The Ergas Group, et al, run by the wealthy Jewish Vancouver B.C. Ergas family are now subject to what will be a long and expensive lesson in the American Judicial system.
The various plaintiffs are asking the Superior Court to certify the action as a 'Class Action' for those residents and owners who have been preyed on by this ruthless bottom feeding owners of a down market Georgia trailer park.
Below is a brief Summary of the case filed last month in Cobb Superior Court. The entire 9 Count filing text runs 21 pages and 4,700 words and is to long to reproduce in full on this site.
Regular readers of the blog site: http://castlelakemhp.blogspot.com/ will recall that this 53 acer property was intended to be sold to Fuqua Development, headed by Jeff Fuqua, known in the local press as 'Atlanta's Most Controversial Developer'.
Fuqua and Ergas had good initial success in hoodwinking the City of Kennesaw Mayor and City Council into granting both favorable zoning changes and taking into the City of Kennesaw 2/3 rds of the downmarket Castle Lake trailer park.
Now the years of the Ergas family preying on low income famlies, retirees and Hispanic tenants is coming to an end and their shabby trailer park is soon to be gathering citations for the many violations that have piled up over years of neglect.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COBB COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
JACQUELINE LOPEZ, MARY HUIEL, JOHNNY MILLENDER, DEBRA SPEARS, MARIA TREVINO, NORBERTO MANZANO, LUDVINA MANZANO, GUADALUPE AYALA LANDA, KARLA RODRIGUEZS, IAN MCGUIGAN, MARIA RIVERA, and ELBERTO BOYZO,
Plaintiffs,
v.
CASTLE LAKE HOMES CORP., MASAL PARTNERS LTD. LP, and AMAK PARTNERS LP,
Defendants.
CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 15-1-1129
CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
COUNT I: MONEY HAD AND RECEIVED (UNJUST ENRICHMENT)
COUNT II: BREACH OF CONTRACT
COUNT III: THEFT BY DECEPTION (AS TO THE WATER OVERCHARGES CLASS ONLY)
COUNT IV: THEFT BY TAKING (AS TO THE ILLEGAL FINES CLASS ONLY)
COUNT V: VIOLATION OF THE GEORGIA RICO ACT, § 16-14-4, ET SEQ.
COUNT VI: FRAUD (AS TO THE WATER OVERCHARGES CLASS ONLY
COUNT VII: CIVIL CONSPIRACY
COUNT VIII: PUNITIVE DAMAGES
COUNT IX: LITIGATION COSTS
I. PARTIES AND JURISDICTION
1. Plaintiffs are residents of the State of Georgia and are current or former tenants of Castle Lake Mobile Home Park.
2. Defendant Castle Lake Homes Corp. is a Georgia corporation with its principal office located at 1520-1185 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 4E6. Said Defendant may be served with process through its Registered Agent, Gloria Beauchene, at 1252 Gray Squirrel Crossing, Marietta, Georgia 30062.
3. Defendant Masal Partners Ltd. L.P. is a Georgia limited partnership with its principal office located at P.O. Box 91583, West Vancouver, British Columbia V7V 3P3. Said Defendant may be served with process through its Registered Agent, Gloria Beauchene, at 1252 Gray Squirrel Crossing, Marietta, Georgia 30062.
4. Defendant Amak Partners, L.P. is a Georgia limited partnership with its principal office located at P.O. Box 86158, North Vancouver, British Columbia V7L 4J8. Said Defendant may be served with process through its Registered Agent, Gloria Beauchene, at 1252 Gray Squirrel Crossing, Marietta, Georgia 30062.
5. Collectively, Defendants are the owners, operators and managers of a 300-plus lot mobile home park in Kennesaw, Georgia, known as Castle Lake Mobile Home Park (“CLMHP”).
A few of the many allegations in this suit involve illegal fines and fradulent water charges and the suit says in part:
"Defendants collectively agreed and conspired to commit the tortious acts, acted in concert to commit the tortious acts and the Defendants are jointly and severally liable for the acts described herein. . . Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 16-14-6(c), Plaintiffs are entitled to recover treble damages, punitive damages, and attorney’s fees and litigation costs from Defendants for the damages caused by Defendants’ pattern of racketeering activity."
