Tenants’ Fight Over Lynch Family Properties Ends In Undisclosed Settlement

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Good morning, readers.

Earlier this year, I wrote about five tenants facing eviction from properties in East Durham owned by Leonzo Lynch and his sister, former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

Big news: The eviction lawsuits have been resolved. Robbie Breitweiser, the Legal Aid attorney who represented the tenants, tells the INDY that the parties in the cases “entered into private settlement agreements” over the summer.

The agreements “contain standard confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions,” Breitweiser says, so neither he nor the tenants can discuss the terms of the settlements.

When I reported on the cases in May, tenants were fighting for compensation to relocate from the properties, which they alleged had been left in disrepair for years, and awaiting trial in district court. The most settlement money the Lynches had offered them at that point was $2,500 each, which they said they declined.

Their trials were scheduled to begin in mid-July. Court records show that the tenants voluntarily dismissed their counterclaims between July 9 and 17, and Leonzo Lynch followed suit in early August. 

Pamela Page, who previously lived in a Lynch property with sunken floors, faulty pipes, and no heating facilities, says she and her two daughters have since relocated within the Triangle.

“Everything has progressed very well,” Page says.

Have a good Wednesday.

-Lena

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