Friedman v. Krupp Corp.

Plaintiffs, Michael Friedman, Todd Seltzer and Julie Pener, representing all other tenants similarly situated, filed a class action suit seeking statutory damages against defendants, the owners-operators of residential apartment buildings in Chicago in which plaintiffs resided. After class certification and various amendments and procedural events not part of this appeal, plaintiffs filed a two-count, third amended complaint. In the first count, plaintiffs alleged that the leases issued to them by defendants for their apartments improperly included excessive late rental payment penalties in…