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My apartment lease ended on June 30, 2004.
A man appears at my doorstep last night and gives me an envelop and states he has been trying for a week to deliver these papers, I have been out of town. They are 2 summons that I am being sued in Small Claims Courtfor $7500.00 each for making "statements on Apartmentratings.com and to residents that are "harmful, defamatory, lieleous, and untrue."
I did make a post at Apartmentratings.com but did remove the post when the rental staff told me " I had better have a good attorney." I never told them I had made such a posting.
The post stated only facts about living in the apartments, such as the many water leaks that occurred while I lived there, the mold and mildew problems in the carpet from the leaks, the noise, which I had talked to the staff about, the request for paperwork and incorrect statements made about me 5 months after I had moved in, the bugs, the wind blowing into the windows, the fact that previous tentants stated the staff not only keeps all of your deposit but also charges you more, considers normal wear and tear to be damage and then threatens to take you to court and ruin your credit if you do not pay the overcharges.
How can I be sued for stating opinions based on my facts and experiences living at this apartment? As far as statements to other residents, I only knew about 3 families and when a maintance issue came up for any of us, then we would make small talk about having another problem.
My apartment lease ended on June 30, 2004.
A man appears at my doorstep last night and gives me an envelop and states he has been trying for a week to deliver these papers, I have been out of town. They are 2 summons that I am being sued in Small Claims Courtfor $7500.00 each for making "statements on Apartmentratings.com and to residents that are "harmful, defamatory, lieleous, and untrue."
I did make a post at Apartmentratings.com but did remove the post when the rental staff told me " I had better have a good attorney." I never told them I had made such a posting.
The post stated only facts about living in the apartments, such as the many water leaks that occurred while I lived there, the mold and mildew problems in the carpet from the leaks, the noise, which I had talked to the staff about, the request for paperwork and incorrect statements made about me 5 months after I had moved in, the bugs, the wind blowing into the windows, the fact that previous tentants stated the staff not only keeps all of your deposit but also charges you more, considers normal wear and tear to be damage and then threatens to take you to court and ruin your credit if you do not pay the overcharges.
How can I be sued for stating opinions based on my facts and experiences living at this apartment? As far as statements to other residents, I only knew about 3 families and when a maintance issue came up for any of us, then we would make small talk about having another problem.