A Polk County District Court judge Wednesday approved a $2.45 million class-action settlement against the operators of two downtown Des Moines apartment towers whose low-income and disabled residents endured an infestation of bed bugs, the Des Moines Register reported.
The settlement's approval marked the final chapter of a legal battle for about 225 people who live or once lived at Elsie Mason Manor and Ligutti Tower.
Polk County District Judge Robert Blink on Wednesday approved the settlement between the class-action group and First Baptist Elderly Housing Foundation, First Baptist Housing Foundation and American Baptist Homes of the Midwest
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Source: Des Moines Register