After several weeks with no air conditioning, tenants reached the boiling point, while things have simmered down, few at the Barclay Square apartments are cool.
Many still spend more time outside where it's cooler than inside. Rosa Cordova says she and her two month old son Jacob haven't had chilled air in weeks, a box fan keeps stale air moving. She says she's happy there is legal action.
"That's why we get a lawyer and all that because somebody has to do something for us, because we have babies, we have old people and we have to do something."
Attorney Manny Alvarez filed the lawsuit late this afternoon in downtown Dallas. The class action lawsuit alleges that for the last 25 days, plaintiff and the other members of the proposed class have been forced to live in substandard, uninhabitable and dangerous conditions at Barclay Square apartments.
"We've had several people taken to the hospital." Alvarez says. "Last night, I witnessed a little boy with two days of running fever and he just basically fell of heat exhaustion."
Alvarez says the heat is just the tip of the iceberg, weeks of no AC is causing other problems.
"There is a flea problem out there, a mosquito problem, there are snakes, everything that comes with heat and these folks are outside, they are in the passageways, they are sleeping outside."
Pamela Wright is one of the lucky ones, after several weeks, her AC is pumping out mildly cool air.
"Maybe if somebody really puts some fire in them to where things are done and stays done, we won't have this problem again."|
As for Rosa and Jacob, a box fan is all that stands between them and a Texas heat wave.
"We just put like the fan on the baby and that's it." Rosa says. "I carry him like this (diapers only) because it's too hot for him."
The 33 News called the company named in the suit, Bay Equity Real Estate, but was unable to make contact.
Many still spend more time outside where it's cooler than inside. Rosa Cordova says she and her two month old son Jacob haven't had chilled air in weeks, a box fan keeps stale air moving. She says she's happy there is legal action.
"That's why we get a lawyer and all that because somebody has to do something for us, because we have babies, we have old people and we have to do something."
Attorney Manny Alvarez filed the lawsuit late this afternoon in downtown Dallas. The class action lawsuit alleges that for the last 25 days, plaintiff and the other members of the proposed class have been forced to live in substandard, uninhabitable and dangerous conditions at Barclay Square apartments.
"We've had several people taken to the hospital." Alvarez says. "Last night, I witnessed a little boy with two days of running fever and he just basically fell of heat exhaustion."
Alvarez says the heat is just the tip of the iceberg, weeks of no AC is causing other problems.
"There is a flea problem out there, a mosquito problem, there are snakes, everything that comes with heat and these folks are outside, they are in the passageways, they are sleeping outside."
Pamela Wright is one of the lucky ones, after several weeks, her AC is pumping out mildly cool air.
"Maybe if somebody really puts some fire in them to where things are done and stays done, we won't have this problem again."|
As for Rosa and Jacob, a box fan is all that stands between them and a Texas heat wave.
"We just put like the fan on the baby and that's it." Rosa says. "I carry him like this (diapers only) because it's too hot for him."
The 33 News called the company named in the suit, Bay Equity Real Estate, but was unable to make contact.
