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How do I find out about a law suit filed against the property management company that manages my apartment building?

My neighbors and I are having difficulties dealing with the managers at Cornell and Associates. The gossip is that they are fighting a very large law suit. Is there any way of verifying this ?

lisala asked in Legal 8 months ago | Report

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    The Washington Courts website has a searchable database of cases, here:

    http://dw.courts.wa.gov/

    If you can identify the case by number, there are a few ways to find out about the subject matter of the case.

    If it is in King County, you can access the court file online (King County scans all filed documents). You'll need to sign up for an ECR account and set up an account with funds from credit card, here:
    http://www.kingcounty.gov/courts/Clerk/Records/ECROnline.aspx

    I believe the minimum transfer is $5 - if you put $10 in your account, that may be enough to cover the access fees for the case. Start by looking at the Complaint, and then any Motion, Response or Reply in the case.

    If the case is filed in another county, you'll need to call that county's Superior Court Clerk, and find out how you can access the physical file. But, unless the case is filed under seal (very rare except in juvenile and dependency cases), you'll be able to access most if not all of the physical file and review it.

    For any county, if you can find out the name and number of the attorney for the party suing your building manager, s/he may be able to direct you to a representative of his/her client to tell you about the case.

    Luckier answered in Legal 8 months ago | Report
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    gossip factcheck ?--
    ApartmentRatings.com is a good resource for buzz and grapevine type info. You might find out what you need there?

    maybe also important to note --are Corne and Ass owners AND managers of the bldg, or are they management agents? (Phillips RE does that alot, where they act like a prop mgr, but in reality the deed of the house or apartment is owned by an silent investor/absentia landlord). If in King County, you can use the kingcounty website parcel viewer to find out who really pays taxes on that apartment bldg.

    RacerX answered in Legal 8 months ago | Report
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    You can find out if they are a party to case by searching the Washington Courts website. If they are, you can look at the complaint (again, for free) at the clerk's office in the county courthouse. If you want a copy, you can print it there at some exhorbitantly high price per page.

    elm answered in Legal 8 months ago | Report
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    Are you looking for something to use against them or are you looking for an explanation for why they're preoccupied and unhelpful at this time? If the latter, I've had several coworkers who rented with Cornell and every single one had bad experiences with that management company. One coworker went without a lock on her front door for a week after she moved in, and that same coworker had to fight the company to get a gray water leak repaired.

    Cornell and Associates may very well be the worst residential property management company in a city full of shitty landlords.

    keshmeshi answered in Legal 8 months ago | Report
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