More than a year after Tamara Johnson and Tyonna Holliday, two public housing residents, filed a class-action lawsuit against the city claiming its failure to inspect their homes led to health problems, such as asthma and lead exposure, for them and their children, their attorneys, have filed a motion for class certification.
For more than an hour, residents publicly decried the mayor’s perceived hubris, while a handful instead hailed him as a visionary who supports maritime access. Nearly four hours after the meeting gaveled in, the resolution passed, 8-1.
For more than an hour, residents publicly decried the mayor’s perceived hubris, while a handful instead hailed him as a visionary who supports maritime access. Nearly four hours after the meeting gaveled in, the resolution passed, 8-1.
A federal judge has ruled that two civil lawsuits may proceed after public housing residents sued the city of Annapolis and the city’s housing authority, claiming failures in inspection policies led to discrimination and negative health effects, and in one case the death of a resident.