After a scorching Mother's Day weekend, we're all reminded of how our LUS bills will soon make that annual summer jump. Well, imagine just not paying your $378,642.35 utility bill. That's what City-Parish Attorney Pat Ottinger says the former owners of Northgate Mall did.
In late April the city filed a lawsuit seeking those back charges from Northgate Prime, L.P.; Lafayette Prime Inc. and Thomas E. Morris - named by Ottinger as former owners of the mall on the Evangeline Thruway in Lafayette. The mall was auctioned to new owners in February for $2.85 million according to The Advertiser. Ottinger told me the new owners are current with the mall's utility bills, and the unpaid bills (a few months of mostly electrical service) date to November 12, 2008.
The parties named in the suit have 30 days to respond, as of late last week, Ottinger said he hadn't heard from them yet. "They have to answer the suit and we'll see what their position is," said Ottinger. The three parties listed in the suit are based in Arlington, Texas according to the city.
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