Fire Victim's Parents Sue Landlord
McHugh
"It is impossible not to conclude that McHugh knew full well he was purposefully and illegally exposing his tenants to catastrophic injury and death " the suit said. Noe Duran  the roommate who escaped the fire  is also a party to the suit.
 McHugh could not be reached for comment. His attorney  Greg Stannard  said he had not had time to review the case and could not comment.
 McHugh is under a court order to sell all his rental properties in Los Angeles by the fall of 2010 as part of a plea agreement to avoid jail time for fire and habitability violations.
 City officials have been trying to regulate McHugh for decades. In the 1980s  then-City Attorney Ira Reiner accused McHugh  now 84  of dealing in "blood money" and threatened to put him in jail.
 But the landlord continued to amass buildings and a record of violating health and safety codes. Last summer  his lawyer told city officials that he owned more than 140 properties  housing about 8 000 people  many of them impoverished immigrants in the city's core.
 Tenants and their advocates say the conditions in his buildings caused health risks such as lead poisoning  asthma and ear infections caused by allergy to cockroaches.
"It is impossible not to conclude that [TGT] knew full well [TGT] was purposefully and illegally exposing [TGT] tenants to catastrophic injury and death " the suit said. Noe Duran  the roommate who escaped the fire  is also a party to the suit.
 [TGT] could not be reached for comment. [TGT] attorney  Greg Stannard  said he had not had time to review the case and could not comment.
 [TGT] is under a court order to sell all [TGT] rental properties in Los Angeles by the fall of 2010 as part of a plea agreement to avoid jail time for fire and habitability violations.
 City officials have been trying to regulate [TGT] for decades. In the 1980s  then-City Attorney Ira Reiner accused [TGT]now 84  of dealing in "blood money" and threatened to put [TGT] in jail.
 But the landlord continued to amass buildings and a record of violating health and safety codes. Last summer  his lawyer told city officials that he owned more than 140 properties  housing about 8 000 people  many of them impoverished immigrants in the city's core.
 Tenants and their advocates say the conditions in his buildings caused health risks such as lead poisoning  asthma and ear infections caused by allergy to cockroaches.