A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by residents of Denver’s Cedar Run Apartments against its corporate owner, citing insufficient evidence to back up their allegations of poor living conditions.
Denver County Court Judge Brian Williamson ended the case with an oral ruling issued from the bench in late March. A representative of Cedar Run owner Gelt Venture Partners provided a court transcript of the proceedings to The Denver Post this week.
According to the transcript, Williamson denied the residents’ requests for temporary and permanent injunctions in the case. He also dissolved a temporary restraining order that went into effect on March 12, shortly after the lawsuit was filed.
Williamson said the court could not find that the occupants were “at risk of an immediate and repairable injury” because of the conditions at Cedar Run.
Cedar Run, 888 S. Oneida St., has drawn attention this year — first as the site of a federal immigration raid in February, then as the focal point of the lawsuit filed by occupants on March 10. The judge made his ruling in court on March 28 after hearing testimony on March 24.
Earlier, during a news conference announcing their lawsuit against Cedar Run and Apartment Management Consultants LLC, several tenants said unsecured exterior doors to the complex’s residential buildings resulted in problems like vandalism, human waste and trespassers in common areas.
The Denver Department of Public Health and Environment issued a notice of violation to Cedar Run over unsatisfactory living conditions last year.
But Williamson said in late March that the plaintiffs failed to provide enough evidence, such as photographs and videos, to corroborate their testimony, according to the transcript. He also said the apartment complex owners had shown that they were working with DDPHE to fix problems on the property, with the agency making weekly visits at one point.
A Wednesday statement from Gelt Venture Partners says Cedar Run has worked diligently to repair past maintenance problems caused by individuals who are not residents of the apartment complex.
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Apartment Management Consultants representatives Theresa Foss and Robyn Streeks didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment this week.
Denver attorney Andrew Lipscomb, who represented the tenants in the lawsuit, also didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday.
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