The owner operators of a senior living facility on Chicago’s North Side where three women were found dead amid high heat last May have reached a $16 million settlement with
The families of three senior women who died from heat exposure inside a Rogers Park apartment complex were awarded $16 million in a settlement with the building owners.
“This tragedy was avoidable and could and should have been prevented,” said Larry Rogers Jr., an attorney representing the family of one of the deceased women.
The owner of the James Sneider Apartments where three women died during a heat wave that caused temperatures to soar into the low 90s has been fined $1,500 by the Chicago s buildings department.