Hanover fights to end coverage for property manager in tenant class action

The trouble started with David Friend, a tenant at the Solace apartment complex in Portland, according to the filing. Friend filed a class action accusing Marathon – which, the filing says, also manages other Oregon complexes including Glendoveer Woods, Bridgeton, McKinney Lane, Bell Tower, Willamette Estates and Arris – of breaking the state’s landlord-tenant statutes in a number of ways. The allegations include monthly utility charges billed without proper documentation, an unexplained “Meter Reading” fee tacked onto rents, lease provisions that allegedly cap tenants’ legal remedies, and renter’s insurance requirements that, according to Friend, did not follow Oregon’s rules. Marathon and the property owner, VAA Investment, LLC, are accused of violating multiple sections of the Oregon Residential Landlord and Tenant Act.