Bartok v Hometown America LLC
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
Civil No. 21-10790-LTS
IF YOU:
paid rent for a home site at the Oak Point Manufactured Housing Community in Middleborough, Massachusetts at any time since April 16, 2017
are paying or will pay rent for a home site at the Oak Point Manufactured Housing Community in Middleborough, Massachusetts
paid rent for a home site at the Miller’s Woods and River Bend Manufactured Housing Community in Athol, Massachusetts at any time between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2024
A class action lawsuit will affect your rights.
A court authorized the notices. There are no solicitations from a lawyer.
An Oak Point rent-payer, Barbara Lee, has sued the owners or operators of the Oak Point Manufactured Housing Community located in Middleborough, Massachusetts (“Oak Point”) concerning rents charged for home sites at Oak Point since April 16, 2017. Specifically, Ms. Lee has claimed that Oak Point was supposed to charge the same rent for all home sites in the community, but instead unfairly charged higher rents each year to new rent-payers. Through her lawsuit, Ms. Lee wants Oak Point to, among other things, reimburse her for the money that she paid each month in excess of what the lowest Oak Point rent-payer paid in that month, with interest. Through her lawsuit, Ms. Lee also wants Oak Point to reimburse in the same way all other persons who have paid rent for an Oak Point home site since April 16, 2017.
Ms. Lee’s lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (“Court”). The Court has allowed Ms. Lee’s lawsuit to proceed as a class action on behalf of persons who have paid home-site rent to the Oak Point Manufactured Housing Community located in Middleborough, Massachusetts at any time since April 16, 2017.
The Court has not decided whether Oak Point has done anything wrong. There is no money available now and there is no guarantee that any money will ever be available. However, if you are a Class Member, your legal rights are affected and you must make a choice. Your legal rights will be affected whether or not you act. So please read this notice carefully.
Your Legal Rights And Options In This Lawsuit:
DO NOTHING
Stay in the lawsuit. Await the outcome.
Give up certain rights.
By doing nothing, you keep the possibility of getting money or benefits that may come from a trial or a settlement. But, you give up any rights to sue Oak Point separately about the same legal claims in this lawsuit.
ASK TO BE EXCLUDED
Get out of the lawsuit. Get no benefits from it.
Keep your rights.
If you ask to be excluded and money or benefits are later awarded, you won’t share in them. But, you keep your rights to sue Oak Point about the claims in this lawsuit.
An Oak Point rent-payer, Barbara Lee, and the Manufactured Home Federation of Massachusetts, Inc. (“MFM”) have sued the owners or operators of the Oak Point Manufactured Housing Community located in Middleborough, Massachusetts (“Oak Point”) concerning rents charged for home sites at Oak Point. Specifically, Ms. Lee and the MFM have claimed that Oak Point is supposed to charge the same rent for all home sites in the community, but instead is unfairly charging higher rents because of the year a resident moved into Oak Point. Through their lawsuit, Ms. Lee and the MFM want Oak Point to charge a uniform rent in the community that is the same as the lowest rent Oak Point is assessing for any home site in the community.
Ms. Lee’s and the MFM’s lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (“Court”). The Court has allowed this lawsuit to proceed as a class action on behalf of persons who are paying or will pay home-site rent to the Oak Point Manufactured Housing Community located in Middleborough, Massachusetts (“Class Members”).
The Court has not decided whether Oak Point has done anything wrong. There will be no change to Oak Point rents now and there is no guarantee that any change will ever take place in the future. However, if you are a Class Member, your legal rights will be affected. So please read the notice carefully.
Your Legal Rights and Options In This Lawsuit:
DO NOTHING
Await the outcome.
By doing nothing, you will be a Class Member and will win or lose the case through the efforts of Ms. Lee and the MFM.
INTERVENE IN THE LAWSUIT
Hire a lawyer. Ask the Court to hear you separately.
If you do not believe this lawsuit is in your best interest, the only way for your voice to be heard by the Court is to ask the Court to add you separately to the lawsuit, a process called intervention. You will probably need a lawyer to help you with this.
Two Miller’s Woods rent-payers, Edwin Bartok and Alan Dernalowicz, have sued the owners or operators of the Miller’s Woods and River Bend Manufactured Housing Community located in Athol, Massachusetts (“Miller’s Woods”) concerning rents charged for home sites at Miller’s Woods between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2024. Specifically, Mr. Bartok and Mr. Dernalowicz have claimed that Miller’s Woods was supposed to charge the same rent for all home sites in the community, but instead unfairly charged higher rents each year to new rent-payers. Through this lawsuit, Mr. Bartok and Mr. Dernalowicz want Miller’s Woods to, among other things, reimburse them for the money that they paid each month in excess of what the lowest Miller’s Woods rent-payer paid in that month, with interest. Through this lawsuit, Mr. Dernalowicz also wants Miller’s Woods to reimburse in the same way all other persons who have paid rent for a Miller’s Woods home site between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2024.
This lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (“Court”). The Court has allowed this lawsuit to proceed as a class action on behalf of persons who have paid home-site rent to the Miller’s Woods and River Bend Manufactured Housing Community located in Athol, Massachusetts at any time between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2024.
The Court has not decided whether Miller’s Woods has done anything wrong. There is no money available now and there is no guarantee that any money will ever be available. However, if you are a Class Member, your legal rights are affected and you must make a choice. Your legal rights will be affected whether or not you act. So please read the notice carefully.
Your Legal Rights And Options In This Lawsuit:
DO NOTHING
Stay in the lawsuit. Await the outcome.
Give up certain rights.
By doing nothing, you keep the possibility of getting money or benefits that may come from a trial or a settlement. But, you give up any rights to sue Miller’s Woods separately about the same legal claims in this lawsuit.
ASK TO BE EXCLUDED
Get out of the lawsuit. Get no benefits from it.
Keep your rights.
If you ask to be excluded and money or benefits are later awarded, you won’t share in them. But, you keep your rights to sue Miller’s Woods about the claims in this lawsuit.