Young Management Corp. Stonegate Meadows Tenant Settlements

Young Management Corp. Stonegate Meadows Tenant Settlements

Tenants who lived at Stonegate Meadows Apartment Complex in Kansas City, Missouri, may be eligible to claim compensation from class action settlements .

Young Management Corp. agreed to pay $3,980,000 to settle four class action lawsuits alleging it failed to maintain Stonegate Meadows Apartment Complex in a habitable condition, resulting in tenants living in unsafe, unsanitary and unhealthy conditions.

Who are the class members?

The class varies by settlement:

• Johnson v. Stonegate Meadows Apartments LLC, includes all tenants who leased at Stonegate Meadows Apartment Complex in Kansas City, Missouri, from Dec. 1, 2019, through May 5, 2026.
• Johnson v. Stonegate Meadows L.P. and Eagle Point Management LLC, includes all tenants who leased and/or lived at Stonegate Meadows Apartment Complex from April 7, 2018, through November 2019.
• Johnson v. Yarco Co. Inc., includes all tenants who leased and/or lived at Stonegate Meadows Apartment Complex from Sept. 1, 2020, through April 4, 2021.
• Johnson v. Young Management Corp., includes all tenants who leased and/or lived at Stonegate Meadows Apartment Complex from Nov. 27, 2019, through Aug. 31, 2020.

How much can class members get?

The settlement fund differs per case:

• Johnson v. Stonegate Meadows Apartments LLC, et al., has a $2,000,000 fund.
• Johnson v. Stonegate Meadows L.P. and Eagle Point Management LLC, has a $950,000 fund.
• Johnson v. Yarco Co. Inc., Case No. 2316-cv09588, has a $330,000 fund.
• Johnson v. Young Management Corp., Case No. 2316-cv09588, has a $700,000 fund.

The settlement administrator will use each fund to pay eligible class members, attorneys’ fees and expenses, service awards to the class representatives and settlement administration costs.

The settlement administrator will calculate each class member’s share based on the number of months they resided at Stonegate Meadows during the class period. The longer they lived at the property, the larger their payment will be.

The settlement administrator may conduct a second distribution if there are leftover funds (for example, from uncashed or undeliverable checks(. If funds remain after the second distribution, the administrator will donate them to Legal Aid of Western Missouri.

No action needed to receive payment

Class members do not need to file a claim form to receive their settlement payment. The settlement administrator will use available records to identify eligible class members and mail checks directly to their last known address.

Class members who moved and want to ensure their address is up to date may contact the settlement administrator.

Settlement administrator's mailing address: RG/2 Claims Administration LLC, P.O. Box 59479, Philadelphia, PA 19102-9479

Payout options

The settlement administrator will mail checks directly to eligible class members at their last known address unless the class member contacts it to update their address.

If the post office returns a check as undeliverable, the settlement administrator will make reasonable efforts to locate a current address and re-mail the check.

Settlement fund breakdown

The settlement funds include:

• Johnson v. Stonegate Meadows Apartments LLC, et al.:
• Settlement administration costs: To be determined
• Attorneys' fees and expenses: $660,000
• Payments to class representatives: Up to $7,000 to each named plaintiff who has not received a service award from a prior settlement in this case and $8,000 to one plaintiff for continuing service as class representative ($15,000 total)
• Payments to eligible class members: Remainder of the fund
• Johnson v. Stonegate Meadows L.P. and Eagle Point Management LLC:
• Attorneys' fees and expenses: $313,500
• Payments to class representatives: Up to $7,000 to each named plaintiff
• Johnson v. Yarco Co. Inc.:
• Attorneys' fees and expenses: $108,900
• Johnson v. Young Management Corp.:
• Attorneys' fees and expenses: $231,000