A federal court has certified a class action for over 220 residents displaced by the 2023 Thanksgiving fire at The Reserve at LaVista Walk apartment complex in Atlanta.
Chief U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May issued the certification order on Nov. 19, 2025, stating that the central question of whether the defendants’ actions or omissions caused the fire applies to all residents.
“This certification means that hundreds of families will finally have their day in court,” Doug Dean, lead counsel for the plaintiffs at Dean Thaxton, LLC, said in a statement…